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Webster 1913 Edition

Scorpaenoid

Scor-pae′noid

,

Adj.

[NL.

Scorpaena

, a typical genus (see

) +

-oid

.]

(Zool.)

Of or pertaining to the family

Scorpaenidae

, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes.

[Written also

scorpaenid

.]

See Illust. under

.