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Webster 1913 Edition

Scorpene

Scor′pene

,

Noun.

[F.

scorpène

, fr. L.

scorpaena

a kind of fish, Gr. [GREEK].]

(Zool.)

A marine food fish of the genus

Scorpaena

, as the European hogfish (

Scorpaena scrofa

), and the California species (

Scorpaena guttata

).