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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 spines
Synonyms:
scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion
Classified under:
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)