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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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. n. fishes having the head armored with bony plates
  3. 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.
  4. Of or pertaining to the family Scorpænidæ, which includes thescorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many otherfood fishes. [Written also scorpænid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.
  5. n fishes having the head armored with bony plates