scor·pae·nid /skɔrˈpinəd/
Scor·pae·noid a. Zool. Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.
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scorpaenid
n : any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling
warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most
abundant in the Pacific [syn: scorpaenid fish]