noun
fishes having the head armored with bony plates
• Syn: ↑scorpaenoid fish
• Hypernyms: ↑spiny-finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian
• Hyponyms:
↑lingcod, ↑Ophiodon elongatus, ↑scorpaenid, ↑scorpaenid fish, ↑sculpin, ↑lumpfish, ↑Cyclopterus lumpus, ↑snailfish, ↑seasnail, ↑sea snail, ↑Liparis liparis, ↑poacher, ↑sea poacher, ↑sea poker, ↑greenling, ↑flathead, ↑gurnard, ↑flying gurnard, ↑flying robin, ↑butterflyfish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenoidea, ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea
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I. adjectivesee scorpaenid I
II. noun
see scorpaenid II
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/skawr pee"noyd/, adj.
1. resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
n.
2. a scorpaenoid fish.
[1835-45; < L scorpaen(a) (see SCORPAENID) + -OID]
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scorpaeˈnoid adjective and noun
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Main Entry: ↑scorpaenid
Useful english dictionary. 2012.