Standard Lemma guide

scorpionfish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scorpion fish, sea scorpion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish

Narrower terms: plumed scorpionfish, Scorpaena grandicornis

History

Etymology

From scorpion + fish.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: tiñosu — fish
  • Catalan: escorpènid — fish
  • Catalan: escórpora — fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蚰 (yóu) — fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鮋 /鲉 (yóu) — fish
  • Czech: ropušnice — fish
  • Dhivehi: ފަންހާމަސް އާއިލާ (fan̊hāmas āilā) — fish
  • Dutch: schorpioenvis — fish
  • Finnish: skorpionisimppu — fish
  • Finnish: skorpionikala — fish
  • French: rascasse — fish
  • French: diable de mer — fish
  • Galician: escarapote — fish
  • Galician: alcarraza — fish
  • German: Skorpionsfisch — fish
  • Greek: σκορπίνα (skorpína) — fish
  • Ancient Greek: σκόρπαινα (skórpaina) — fish
  • Hawaiian: nohu — fish
  • Hungarian: skorpióhal — fish
  • Italian: scorfano — fish
  • Italian: scorpenide — fish
  • Japanese: 鰧 — fish
  • Japanese: 虎魚 (okoze) — fish
  • Latin: scorpaena — fish
  • Ligurian: scórpena — fish
  • Māori: matuawhāpuku — fish
  • Polish: skorpena — fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-escorpião — fish
  • Portuguese: aranhiço — fish
  • Portuguese: mangangá — fish
  • Romanian: scorpie de mare — fish
  • Russian: скорпе́на (skorpéna) — fish
  • Russian: морско́й ёрш (morskój jorš) — fish
  • Spanish: pez escorpión — fish
  • Spanish: escorpena — fish
  • Spanish: escorpina — fish
  • Turkish: iskorpit — fish
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسقورپیت (iskorpit) — fish