2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scorpaenoid \Scor*pae"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (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}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: scorpaenid n : any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific [syn: {scorpaenid fish}]
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