stone·fish (st n f sh )n. pl. stonefish or stone·fish·es Any of several tropical scorpion fishes of the genus Synanceja, especially S. verrucosa, which resembles a small rock and ejects a deadly venom from spines on its dorsal fin. [From its resemblance to an encrusted stone.] |
stonefish [ˈstəʊnˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a venomous tropical marine scorpaenid fish, Synanceja verrucosa, that resembles a piece of rock on the seabed
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| Noun | 1. |  stonefish - venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rockscorpaenid, scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific genus Synanceja, Synanceja - stonefishes |
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