Scorpaenoid

[skɔ:'pi:nɔid]

Definition

(noun.) fishes having the head armored with bony plates.

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Definition

(a.) 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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