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Definition of "scorpionfish" []

  • 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. (noun)

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Use "scorpionfish" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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."