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.