räˈskä(ˌ)syō noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish rascacio, rescacio, from Provençal rascasso, from feminine of rascàs mangy, rough, wrinkled, from rasco ringworm, from rascà to scratch, scrape, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin rasicare — more at rash
1. : a variegated spinose scorpion fish ( Scorpaena plumieri ) of the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Brazil
2. : any of various scorpion fishes