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STONEFISH
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Irregular inflected form: stonefishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock
Synonyms:
stonefish; Synanceja verrucosa
Classified under:
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)