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 pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large suborder of Scleroparei comprising the mail-cheeked fishes (as the scorpion fishes and gurnards) — see scorpaenidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.