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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scorpaenoid
n : fishes having the head armored with bony plates [syn: scorpaenoid
fish]