sea scorpionn.
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sea scorpion1601
spine-fish1827
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. vii. 438 The reddish sea scorpions.
2. Any fish of the Scorpænidæ, a scorpion-fish.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > member of
scorpion fish1661
sea scorpion1681
Scorpaena1706
scorpene1777
scorpaenoid1842
scorpaenid1885
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §v. ii. 106.
1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. 160 The Ulk or Marulk, the Sea-Scorpion, called by the Ichthyologians Scorpius Marinus, because its bite is poisonous.
1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. 158 The Sea Scorpion.
3. A sculpin, a cottoid fish, Cottus scorpius.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) > member of genus Cottus (bull-head) > cottus scorpius (sea scorpion)
father-lasher1673
sting-fish1836
hardhead1867
sea scorpion1896
1859–62 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 122 The Sea-scorpion or Sutor (Acanthocottus scorpius).
1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 390 The Sea Scorpion (Cottus scorpius), with a large head, naked skin, spines on the head.
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