scorpaenid

scorpaenid
/skawr pee"nid/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
n.
2. a scorpaenid fish.
[1880-85; < NL Scorpaenidae family name, equiv. to L scorpaen(a) ( < Gk skórpaina kind of fish; akin to skorpíos SCORPION) + -idae -IDAE; see -ID2]

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  • scorpaenid — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek skorpaina, a kind of fish Date: 1885 any of a family (Scorpaenidae) of marine bony fishes possessing usually venomous spines on the fins that includes the scorpion fishes, lionfishes, and rockfishes •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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