scorpaenoid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scorpaenoid
    n 1: fishes having the head armored with bony plates [syn:
         {scorpaenoid}, {scorpaenoid fish}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scorpaenoid \Scor*pae"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus
   (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (Zool.)
   Of or pertaining to the family {Scorpaenidae}, which includes
   the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and
   many other food fishes. [Written also {scorpaenid}.] See
   Illust. under {Rockfish}.
   [1913 Webster]