Definition of Scorpaena

1. Noun. Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorpaena

Scooby
Scooby-Doo
Scooby gang
Scooby snack
Scooby snacks
Scopes
Scopes trial
Scophthalmus
Scophthalmus aquosus
Scophthalmus rhombus
Scopie
Scopies
Scopinaro procedure
Scopolia carniolica
Scopulariopsis
Scorpaena (current term)
Scorpaena grandicornis
Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenoidea
Scorpio
Scorpio the Scorpion
Scorpion
Scorpionida
Scorpions
Scorpios
Scorpius
Scorsese
Scorsesean
Scorzonera hispanica
Scot

Literary usage of Scorpaena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"Sm—Scorpaena guttata, GKD. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 145. ... 1, represents Scorpaena guttata, somewhat reduced in size. Fig. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"SEBASTES, Cuv., Have all the characters of scorpaena, except that they want the ... PTEROIS, Cuv., Have the characters of the scorpaena, properly so called, ..."

3. The Fishes of Panama Bay by Charles Henry Gilbert, Edwin Chapin Starks (1904)
"... punctatissimus + Diodon holacanthus + Scorpaena histrio Scorpaena pannosa Scorpaena ... Scorpaena russula Prionotus ..."

4. Trinidad: Its Geography, Natural Resources, Administration, Present by Louis Antoine Aimé Gaston De Verteuil (1858)
"The scorpaena, or " Vingt-quatre-heures," is also considered a dangerous fish, ... On the next occasion, the scorpaena being of a very small size, ..."

5. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Scorpaena agassizii Goode A Beau. Mid-ocean east of Cuba. ... 1889, 165, Pacific Coast of Colombia. 2266. Scorpaena sonor«; Jenkins ..."

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