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scorpaenoid

[skawr-pee-noid]

adjective

  1. resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun

  1. a scorpaenoid fish.

scorpaenoid

/ ɔːˈ辱ːɔɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scorpaenoid1

1835–45; < Latin scorpaen ( a ) ( scorpaenid ) + -oid

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