scorpaenoid

adjective

1. resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.

noun

2. a scorpaenoid fish.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scorpaenoidea, a suborder of spiny-finned fishes having bony plates covering the head: includes the sculpins, scorpion fishes, gurnards, etc

noun

2. any fish belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidea