Pronunciation: sko ̇ r- ' p ē -n ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek skorpaina, a kind of fish
Date: 1885
: any of a family (Scorpaenidae) of marine bony fishes possessing usually venomous spines on the fins that includes the scorpion fishes, lionfishes, and rockfishes
– scorpaenid adjective