scorpaenoid

from The Century Dictionary.

• Resembling, related to, or belonging to the Scorpænidæ or Scorpænoidea.
• noun A member of the family Scorpænidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpænidæ, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpænid.] See Illust. under rockfish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective zoology Of or relating to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes.
• noun A scorpaenid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun fishes having the head armored with bony plates