Found 2 items, similar to scorpaenid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scorpaenid scorpaenid n : any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific [syn: scorpaenid fish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: scorpaenid Scorpaenoid \Scor*p[ae]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see Scorpene) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorp[ae]nid[ae], which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorp[ae]nid.] See Illust. under Rockfish. [1913 Webster]