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SCORPAENA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes

Synonyms:

genus Scorpaena; Scorpaena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Scorpaena" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scorpaena"):

scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion (marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines)

plumed scorpionfish; Scorpaena grandicornis (a kind of scorpionfish)

Holonyms ("Scorpaena" is a member of...):

family Scorpaenidae; Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes)

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