'scorpaenid' definitions:
Definition of 'scorpaenid'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm- water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific [syn: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish]
Definition of 'scorpaenid'
From: GCIDE
- Scorpaenoid \Scor*pae"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see Scorpene) + -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 Rockfish. [1913 Webster]