Akademik

Scorpaenoidea

noun

mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards

• Syn: ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii

• Member Meronyms:

↑Ophiodontidae, ↑family Ophiodontidae, ↑scorpaenoid, ↑scorpaenoid fish, ↑Cottidae, ↑family Cottidae, ↑Cyclopteridae, ↑family Cyclopteridae, ↑Liparididae, ↑family Liparididae, ↑Liparidae, ↑family Liparidae, ↑Platycephalidae, ↑family Platycephalidae, ↑Triglidae, ↑family Triglidae

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\\ˌskȯ(r)pēˈnȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Scorpaena + -oidea

: a large suborder of Scleroparei comprising the mail-cheeked fishes (as the scorpion fishes and gurnards) — see scorpaenidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.