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GENUS SCORPAENA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scorpaena mean?

• GENUS SCORPAENA (noun)
The noun GENUS SCORPAENA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes

Familiarity information: GENUS SCORPAENA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS SCORPAENA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Scorpaena ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scorpaena; Scorpaena

Hypernyms ("genus Scorpaena" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Scorpaena"):

scorpion fish; scorpionfish; sea scorpion (marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines)

plumed scorpionfish; Scorpaena grandicornis (a kind of scorpionfish)

Holonyms ("genus Scorpaena" is a member of...):

family Scorpaenidae; Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes)

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