sea scorpion

/si ˌskɔrpiən/
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Other forms: sea scorpions

Definitions of sea scorpion
  1. noun
    marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
    synonyms: scorpion fish, scorpionfish
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    types:
    Scorpaena grandicornis, plumed scorpionfish
    a kind of scorpionfish
    type of:
    scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish
    any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
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