Meanings
nounfalse scorpionfish (countable and uncountable, plural false scorpionfish or false scorpionfishes)
plural false scorpionfishes
- countableuncountableCentrogenys vaigiensis, the only described species in the family Centrogenyidae, which very closely resemble scorpionfish.
Origin
From false + scorpionfish, as opposed to the 'true' scorpionfishes in the family Scorpaenidae; whereas this species is in Centrogenyidae.
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