noun
marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
• Syn: ↑scorpionfish, ↑sea scorpion
• Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenid, ↑scorpaenid fish
• Hyponyms: ↑plumed scorpionfish, ↑Scorpaena grandicornis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaena, ↑genus Scorpaena
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noun1. : a fish of the family Scorpaenidae; especially : one having a venomous spine or spines on the dorsal fin
2. : the common toadfish (Opsanus tau)
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scorpion fish noun
Any of the family Scorpaenidae, having venomous spines on the fins
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Main Entry: ↑scorpion
Useful english dictionary. 2012.