Scorpene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scorpene \Scor"pene\, n. [F. scorp[`e]ne, fr. L. scorpaena a
     kind of fish, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     A marine food fish of the genus {Scorpaena}, as the European
     hogfish ({Scorpaena scrofa}), and the California species
     ({Scorpaena guttata}).
     [1913 Webster]