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STONEFISH (stonefishes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stonefish mean? 

STONEFISH (noun)
  The noun STONEFISH has 1 sense:

1. venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rockplay

  Familiarity information: STONEFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STONEFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

stonefish; Synanceja verrucosa

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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