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lionfish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈlaɪənˌfɪʃ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various ray-finned fishes of the tribe Pteroini (especially of the genus Pterois) in the family Scorpaenidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turkeyfish

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish

History

Etymology

Compound of lion + fish.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vuurvis — venomous fish
  • Azerbaijani: aslan balığı — venomous fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓑鮋 /蓑鲉 (suōyóu) — venomous fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獅子魚 /狮子鱼 (shīzi-yú) — venomous fish
  • Czech: perutýn — venomous fish
  • Danish: dragefisk — venomous fish
  • Dutch: koraalduivel — venomous fish
  • Finnish: skorpionisimppu — venomous fish
  • French: rascasse volante — venomous fish
  • French: poisson-lion — venomous fish
  • Georgian: ლომთევზა (lomtevza) — venomous fish
  • German: Feuerfisch — venomous fish
  • German: Rotfeuerfisch — venomous fish
  • German: Füürfisch — venomous fish
  • German: Rotfüürfisch — venomous fish
  • Greek: λιονταρόψαρο (liontarópsaro) — venomous fish
  • Hungarian: tűzhal — venomous fish
  • Irish: dragainéad — venomous fish
  • Japanese: 蓑笠子 (minokasago) — venomous fish
  • Korean: 쏠배감펭 (ssolbaegampeng) — venomous fish
  • Macedonian: риба-лав (riba-lav) — venomous fish
  • Malay: lepu — venomous fish
  • Malay: depu belang — venomous fish
  • Mokilese: roaroailoa — venomous fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drakefisk — venomous fish
  • Polish: ognica — venomous fish
  • Polish: skrzydlica — venomous fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-leão — venomous fish
  • Russian: крыла́тка (krylátka) — venomous fish
  • Samoan: sausau — venomous fish
  • Scottish Gaelic: iasg-leòmhainn — venomous fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: riba lav — venomous fish
  • Spanish: pez león — venomous fish
  • Tagalog: lallong — venomous fish
  • Thai: ปลาสิงโต (bplaa-sǐng-dtoo) — venomous fish
  • Tongan: houhau — venomous fish
  • Tongan: hohau — venomous fish
  • Turkish: aslan balığı — venomous fish
  • Ukrainian: крила́тка (krylátka) — venomous fish