What is "scorpaenoid"

Scorpaenoid \Scor*p[ae]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see Scorpene) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorp[ae]nid[ae], which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorp[ae]nid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.

a. (context zoology English) Of or relating to the family ''Scorpaenidae'', which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. n. A scorpaenid.

n. fishes having the head armored with bony plates [syn: scorpaenoid fish]