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单词 sea scorpion
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sea scorpion


noun Ichthyology.

scorpionfish.

Origin of sea scorpion

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby sea scorpion

Sears, Sears Tower, sea salt, sea scallop, seascape, sea scorpion, sea scout, sea serpent, sea shanty, seashell, seashore
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Example sentences from the Web for sea scorpion

  • The male of the Cottus scorpius, or sea-scorpion, is more slender and smaller than the female.

    The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex|Charles Darwin
  • Presently the son in-law comes in with the sea-scorpion, which he gives to his father-in-law to eat.

    Eskimo Life|Fridtjof Nansen

British Dictionary definitions for sea scorpion

sea scorpion

noun

any of various northern marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae, esp Taurulus bubalis (long-spined sea scorpion). They have a tapering body and a large head covered with bony plates and spines
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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