First Known Use: 1885
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scorpaenid
noun scor·pae·nid \skȯr-ˈpē-nəd\
Definition of SCORPAENID
: any of a family (Scorpaenidae) of marine bony fishes possessing usually venomous spines on the fins that includes the scorpion fishes, lionfishes, and rockfishes
— scorpaenid adjective
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Origin of SCORPAENID
ultimately from Greek skorpaina, a kind of fish
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