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scorpaenid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorpaenoid  \Scor*p[ae]"noid\,  a.  [NL.  Scorpaena,  a  typical 
  genus  (see  {Scorpene})  +  -oid.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  family  {Scorp[ae]nid[ae]},  which 
  includes  the  scorpene,  the  rosefish,  the  California 
  rockfishes,  and  many  other  food  fishes.  [Written  also 
  {scorp[ae]nid}.]  See  Illust.  under  {Rockfish}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scorpaenid 
  n  :  any  of  numerous  carnivorous  usually  bottom-dwelling 
  warm-water  marine  fishes  found  worldwide  but  most 
  abundant  in  the  Pacific  [syn:  {scorpaenid  fish}] 




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