SCORPAENID


Meaning of SCORPAENID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skȯr-ˈpē-nəd ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.