NOUN | animal | scorpionfish, scorpion fish, sea scorpion | marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines |
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Meaning | marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines. | |
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Synonyms | scorpion fish, sea scorpion | |
Member of | Scorpaena, genus Scorpaena | type genus of the Scorpaenidae |
Narrower | plumed scorpionfish, Scorpaena grandicornis | A kind of scorpionfish |
Broader | scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish | Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide / worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific |
Spanish | diablo marino, escorpena, escorpina, pez escorpión, rascacio | |
Catalan | escórpora |
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