Definitions
Etymologies
- scorpion + fish (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Although most of us had our heads in our soups through tiredness, we managed a "light supper" of a loaf or two of bread each, plus helpings of razor clams, clams, squid, Sóller prawns, scorpionfish, sea bream and red bream, followed by homemade almond ice cream.”
The Guardian: Cycling gastro tour of Mallorca: meals on wheels
“There is a possible foreign body issue (i.e., risk for infection) if spikes from scorpionfish, stonefish, lionfish or spiny dogfish remain in the victim.”
“They had stone fish and scorpionfish, and black-tipped reef sharks and a lot of Australian coral reef fish so that was cool to show the kids, and remind them what they'd seen a couple years back.”
“The cool things I saw: lionfish and leafy scorpionfish, a blue tang (aka "Dory" in Finding Nemo), clownfish and anemones (aka "Nemo" in Finding Nemo), unicorn fish, parrotfish, triggerfish.”
“The more menacing scorpionfish receives it name from the mildly poisonous spines on its back.”
“So, of course worried about being stung, I took to carrying rocks and trying to hit the scorpionfish with them whenever I saw them.”
“The scorpionfish looks like a sandy gray version of the lionfish.”
“The scorpionfish likes to sit still on the floor and watch you, and when shooed, only swims a couple feet then stops.”
“Rockfish, “ocean perch,” U.S. coastal “snappers” (Sebastes); scorpionfish (Scorpaena)”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“* Project Gutenberg ed. note: The picture is of a fish also known as a scorpionfish.”
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