HyperDic: scorpaenoid

English > 1 sense of the word scorpaenoid:
NOUNanimalscorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fishfishes having the head armored with bony plates
English > scorpaenoid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningfishes having the head armored with bony plates.
Synonymscorpaenoid fish
Member ofScorpaenoidea, suborder Scorpaenoideamail-cheeked fishes
Narrowerflatheadfood fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific
flying gurnard, flying robin, butterflyfishTropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding
greenlingfood fish of the northern Pacific
gurnardbottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
lingcod, Ophiodon elongatusfood fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings
lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpusclumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker
poacher, sea poacher, sea pokersmall slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates
scorpaenid, scorpaenid fishAny of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide / worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
sculpinAny of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
snailfish, seasnail, sea snail, Liparis liparissmall tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker
Broaderspiny-finned fish, acanthopterygianA teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Spanishescorpénido
Catalanescorpènid

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