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STONEFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: stonefishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

Synonyms:

stonefish; Synanceja verrucosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stonefish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenid; scorpaenid fish (any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific)

Holonyms ("stonefish" is a member of...):

genus Synanceja; Synanceja (stonefishes)

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