Definition of Scorpaenidae

1. Noun. Scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorpaenidae

Scooby gang
Scooby snack
Scooby snacks
Scopes
Scopes trial
Scophthalmus
Scophthalmus aquosus
Scophthalmus rhombus
Scopie
Scopies
Scopinaro procedure
Scopolia carniolica
Scopulariopsis
Scorpaena
Scorpaena grandicornis
Scorpaenidae (current term)
Scorpaenoidea
Scorpio
Scorpio the Scorpion
Scorpion
Scorpionida
Scorpions
Scorpios
Scorpius
Scorsese
Scorsesean
Scorzonera hispanica
Scot
ScotE
Scotch

Literary usage of Scorpaenidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... recorded from the Miocene and Oligocene, seems to be the earliest genus. The Scorpion-fishes: Scorpaenidae. — The vast family of Scor- ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... recorded from the Miocene and Oligocene, seems to be the earliest genus. The Scorpion-fishes: Scorpaenidae. ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... [Scorpaenidae]. ... [Scorpaenidae]. contorta. Jenkins. ... [Scorpaenidae]. kelloggi. Jenkins. 201. ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"These as a group (Scorpaenidae) were compared with the Hexagrammidae. From the Cottidae these two families are well separated ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"In the review of the Scorpaenidae 52 species are described as Japanese, ... In these fishes as in the Scorpaenidae, of which the Cottidae are the Arctic ..."

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