Dictionary entry

Scorpænoid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scor‐pæ″noid (?), a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see Scorpene) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpænidæ, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpænid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.