HyperDic: stonefish

English > 1 sense of the word *stonefish*:
NOUN	animal	stonefish, Synanceja verrucosa	venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

English > *stonefish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock.
Synonym	Synanceja verrucosa
Member of	Synanceja, genus Synanceja	stonefishes
Broader	scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish	Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide / worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific