Scorpaenid
adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
noun
2.
a scorpaenid fish.
noun
1.
any spiny-finned marine fish of the family Scorpaenidae, having sharp spines on the fins and a heavy armoured head: includes the scorpion fishes, rockfishes, and redfishes
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or belonging to the family Scorpaenidae
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