| Noun | 1. | Scorpaenoidea - mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards animal order - the order of animals Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays family Ophiodontidae, Ophiodontidae - fishes closely related to greenlings scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates Cottidae, family Cottidae - sculpins Cyclopteridae, family Cyclopteridae - lumpfishes family Platycephalidae, Platycephalidae - scorpaenoid flatheads family Triglidae, Triglidae - in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) |