scorpionfish

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English

A scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) caught at Bedok Jetty in Singapore

Etymology

scorpion +‎ fish

Noun

scorpionfish (plural scorpionfish or scorpionfishes)

1. Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.

Translations

fish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蚰 (zh) (yóu), 鮋 (zh), 鲉 (zh) (yóu)

• Dhivehi: ފަންހާމަސް އާއިލާ‎ (fanhāmas āilā)
• Finnish: skorpionisimppu, skorpionikala
• French: rascasse (fr) f
• Galician: escarapote (gl) m
• German: Skorpionsfisch m
• Greek: σκορπίνα (el) f (skorpína)

• Italian: scorfano (it) m, scorpenide m
• Japanese: 鰧 (ja), 虎魚 (オコゼ, okoze)
• Ligurian: scórpena f
• Maori: matuawhāpuku
• Portuguese: peixe-escorpião m, aranhiço m, mangangá (pt) m
• Russian: скорпе́на (ru) f (skorpéna), морско́й ёрш m (morskój jorš)
• Spanish: pez escorpión m

Further reading

• scorpionfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorpaenidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorpaenidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• scorpionfish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• scorpionfish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911