• (n.) A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).
Scor'pene noun [ French scorpène , from Latin scorpaena a kind of fish, Greek ....] (Zoology) A marine food fish of the genus Scorpæna , as the European hogfish ( S. scrofa ), and the California species ( S. guttata ).