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Definition of Sea scorpion
1. Noun. Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines.
Generic synonyms: Scorpaenid, Scorpaenid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Scorpaena, Scorpaena
Specialized synonyms: Plumed Scorpionfish, Scorpaena Grandicornis
Definition of Sea scorpion
1. Noun. A European sculpin, ''Cottus scorpius'', having the head armed with short spines. ¹
2. Noun. The eurypteroid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sea scorpion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Scorpion
Literary usage of Sea scorpion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"... the gall of the sea-scorpion ;" or else ashes of three frogs burnt alive in
an earthen pot, applied with honey, or what is still better, in combination ..."
2. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"The Sea-Scorpion-Family. Cottidae. THE SHORT-SPINED SEA-SCORPION. ... L.)
The short-spined sea-scorpion was one of the fishes very early examined in regard ..."
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