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SCORPIONFISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spinesplay

Synonyms:

scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scorpionfish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenid; scorpaenid fish (any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scorpionfish"):

plumed scorpionfish; Scorpaena grandicornis (a kind of scorpionfish)

Holonyms ("scorpionfish" is a member of...):

genus Scorpaena; Scorpaena (type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes)

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