scorpionfish

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noun

Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.

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Meanings

nounscorpionfish (plural scorpionfish or scorpionfishes)

plural scorpionfishes

  1. Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmarine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines

Similar
scorpion fishsea scorpion
Broader
scorpaenidscorpaenid fish
Also see
long-spined bullheadsea scorpion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From scorpion + fish.

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Translations

Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα
  • σκόρπαινα (skórpaina)fish
Catalan escorpènid, escórpora
  • escorpènidfish
  • escórporafish
Chinese Mandarin 蚰, 鮋 /鲉
  • 蚰 (yóu)fish
  • 鮋 /鲉 (yóu)fish
Czech ropušnice
  • ropušnicefish
Dutch schorpioenvis
  • schorpioenvisfish
Finnish skorpionisimppu, skorpionikala
  • skorpionisimppufish
  • skorpionikalafish
French rascasse, diable de mer
  • rascassefish
  • diable de merfish
German Skorpionsfisch
  • Skorpionsfischfish
Greek σκορπίνα
  • σκορπίνα (skorpína)fish
Hawaiian nohu
  • nohufish
Hungarian skorpióhal
  • skorpióhalfish
Italian scorfano, scorpenide
  • scorfanofish
  • scorpenidefish
Japanese 鰧, 虎魚
  • 鰧fish
  • 虎魚 (okoze)fish
Latin scorpaena
  • scorpaenafish
Māori matuawhāpuku
  • matuawhāpukufish
Polish skorpena
  • skorpenafish
Portuguese peixe-escorpião, aranhiço
  • peixe-escorpiãofish
  • aranhiçofish
  • mangangáfish
Romanian scorpie de mare
  • scorpie de marefish
Russian скорпе́на, морско́й ёрш
  • скорпе́на (skorpéna)fish
  • морско́й ёрш (morskój jorš)fish
Spanish pez escorpión, escorpena
  • pez escorpiónfish
  • escorpenafish
  • escorpinafish
Turkish iskorpit
  • iskorpitfish
Cite this entry
APA

scorpionfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorpionfish

MLA

“scorpionfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorpionfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scorpionfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorpionfish.

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