scorpaenoid

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of or belonging to the suborder Scorpaenoidei, which includes the scorpion fishes and rockfishes.
2. n. A scorpaenoid fish.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Resembling, related to, or belonging to the Scorpænidæ or Scorpænoidea.
2. n. A member of the family Scorpænidæ.

Wiktionary

1. adj. zoology Of or relating to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes.
2. n. A scorpaenid.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. (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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. fishes having the head armored with bony plates