Black scorpionfish
Scorpaena porcus
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- Language
- English
- Transliteration
- Black scorpionfish
- IPA
- /blæk ˈskɔːrpiənfɪʃ/
Compound (1655-65): scorpion + fish — the venomous spines deliver a painful sting like a scorpion. Scorpion from Greek skorpios (σκορπίος), from PIE *sker- (to cut). Scorpaena from Greek skorpaina (σκόρπαινα). Porcus is Latin for pig — possibly from observed algae-eating behavior.
Black scorpionfish. Venomous spines.
Borrowed from: σκορπίος