Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scorpaenoid \Scor*p[ae]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical
   genus (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Of or pertaining to the family {Scorp[ae]nid[ae]}, which
   includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California
   rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also
   {scorp[ae]nid}.] See Illust. under {Rockfish}.

Source : WordNet®

scorpaenoid
     n : fishes having the head armored with bony plates [syn: {scorpaenoid
         fish}]