scorpaenid

noun

scor·​pae·​nid skȯr-ˈpē-nəd 

: any of a family (Scorpaenidae) of marine bony fishes possessing usually venomous spines on the fins that includes the scorpion fishes, lionfishes, and rockfishes

scorpaenid adjective

Word History

Etymology

ultimately from Greek skorpaina, a kind of fish

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above