scorpaenid vs scorpaenoid

scorpaenid and scorpaenoid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scorpaenid	Yes	No	No	No
scorpaenoid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scorpaenoid is a hypernym of scorpaenid; that is, scorpaenoid is a word with a broader meaning than scorpaenid:

scorpaenid: any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
scorpaenoid: fishes having the head armored with bony plates

Other hypernyms of scorpaenid include scorpaenoid fish.

scorpaenid (noun)	scorpaenoid (noun)
any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific	fishes having the head armored with bony plates