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Definition of: scorpaenoid
(skôr·pē′noid) adjective
Belonging to a family (Scorpaenidae) of spiny–finned marine fishes.
—noun A scorpaenoid fish: also scor·pae′nid (-nid). [<NL <L scorpaena a kind of fish + Gk. eidos form]
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