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SCORPAENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scorpaena mean?
• SCORPAENA (noun)
The noun SCORPAENA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes
Familiarity information: SCORPAENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scorpaena; Scorpaena
Hypernyms ("Scorpaena" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Scorpaena"):
scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion (marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines)
plumed scorpionfish; Scorpaena grandicornis (a kind of scorpionfish)
Holonyms ("Scorpaena" is a member of...):
family Scorpaenidae; Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes)
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