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    SCORPIONFISH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spinesplay

    Synonyms:

    scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("scorpionfish" is a kind of...):

    scorpaenid; scorpaenid fish (any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scorpionfish"):

    plumed scorpionfish; Scorpaena grandicornis (a kind of scorpionfish)

    Holonyms ("scorpionfish" is a member of...):

    genus Scorpaena; Scorpaena (type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes)

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