stonefish

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S0776800 (stōn′fĭsh′)n. pl. stonefish or stone·fish·es Any of several bottom-dwelling fishes of the genus Synanceia of the Pacific and Indian Oceans that resemble a small rock and eject venom from spines in the dorsal fin.

stonefish

(ˈstəʊnˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) a venomous tropical marine scorpaenid fish, Synanceja verrucosa, that resembles a piece of rock on the seabed

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(ˈstoʊnˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish. any tropical scorpionfish of the genus Synanceja that have dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged. [1660–70]

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stonefish - venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rockSynanceja verrucosascorpaenid, scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacificgenus Synanceja, Synanceja - stonefishes

Stonefish

(Synanceia verrucosa), a fish of the Synance-jidae family of the order Scleroparei. Its naked skin is covered with warts and growths. It lives in the tropics of the Indian and pacific oceans and in the Red Sea. Length, up to 40 cm.

At the base of the spiny rays of the dorsal fin the stonefish has paired poisonous cutaneous glands in the form of a compact mass of serous cells, distributed in warts on each side of the spines. A prick of its spines is extremely dangerous and occasionally fatal. The meat of the stonefish is used for food.

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noun venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

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