| NOUN | animal | scorpaenid fish, scorpaenid | any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide / worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide / worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific. | |
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| Synonym | scorpaenid | |
| Member of | Scorpaenidae, family Scorpaenidae | scorpionfishes |
| Narrower | lionfish | brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins |
| rockfish | marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America | |
| scorpionfish, scorpion fish, sea scorpion | marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines | |
| stonefish, Synanceja verrucosa | venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | |
| Broader | scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish | fishes having the head armored with bony plates |
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