scorpaenoid

[ skawr-pee-noid ]
/ skɔrˈpi nɔɪd /

adjective

resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun

a scorpaenoid fish.

Origin of scorpaenoid

1835–45; < Latin scorpaen(a) (see scorpaenid) + -oid

British Dictionary definitions for scorpaenoid

scorpaenoid
/ (skɔːˈpiːnɔɪd) /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Scorpaenoidea, a suborder of spiny-finned fishes having bony plates covering the head: includes the sculpins, scorpion fishes, gurnards, etc

noun

any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea