(one) kind; type; species

appearance

characteristic

A bottom-dwelling spiny fish, such as those in families Uranoscopidae and Synanceiidae.

A scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), a stonefish (Synanceia), a devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus).

a target, a mark, a bullseye / an objective, an object (of doing something)

as far as ... is concerned; in terms of ...

Inimicus japonicus, Japanese species of scorpionfish

passive, inactive, timid

-ive, -like, -ish, -ic, -ical, -y, kind of, sort of