Scorpaenoid
adjective
1.
resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
noun
2.
a scorpaenoid fish.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or belonging to the Scorpaenoidea, a suborder of spiny-finned fishes having bony plates covering the head: includes the sculpins, scorpion fishes, gurnards, etc
noun
2.
any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea
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