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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORPENE

Scor "pene, n. Etym: [F. scorpène, fr. L. scorpaena a kind of fish, Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A marine food fish of the genus Scorpæna, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa ), and the California species (S. guttata ).