| scorpion fish n. Any of numerous small, often brilliantly colored marine fishes of the family Scorpaenidae, most species of which have poisonous spines in the dorsal fin. |
scorpion fish
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various scorpaenid fishes of the genus Scorpaena and related genera, of temperate and tropical seas, having venomous spines on the dorsal and anal fins
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| Noun | 1. |  scorpion fish - marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spinesscorpaenid, scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific genus Scorpaena, Scorpaena - type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes plumed scorpionfish, Scorpaena grandicornis - a kind of scorpionfish |
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