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Definition of Scorpaena
1. Noun. Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenidae
Member holonyms: Scorpion Fish, Scorpionfish, Sea Scorpion, Plumed Scorpionfish, Scorpaena Grandicornis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorpaena
Literary usage of Scorpaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"Sm—Scorpaena guttata, GKD. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 145. ...
1, represents Scorpaena guttata, somewhat reduced in size. Fig. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"SEBASTES, Cuv., Have all the characters of scorpaena, except that they want the
... PTEROIS, Cuv., Have the characters of the scorpaena, properly so called, ..."
3. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"... punctatissimus + Diodon holacanthus + Scorpaena histrio Scorpaena pannosa
Scorpaena ... Scorpaena russula Prionotus ..."
4. Trinidad: Its Geography, Natural Resources, Administration, Present by Louis Antoine Aimé Gaston De Verteuil (1858)
"The scorpaena, or " Vingt-quatre-heures," is also considered a dangerous fish,
... On the next occasion, the scorpaena being of a very small size, ..."
5. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Scorpaena agassizii Goode A Beau. Mid-ocean east of Cuba. ... 1889, 165, Pacific
Coast of Colombia. 2266. Scorpaena sonor«; Jenkins ..."
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