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stonefish

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Synanceja verrucosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish

History

Etymology

From stone + fish.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: скорпена (skorpena) — tropical marine fish
  • Finnish: kivikala — tropical marine fish
  • Finnish: velhokala — tropical marine fish
  • French: poisson-pierre — tropical marine fish
  • Greek: πετρόψαρο (petrópsaro) — tropical marine fish
  • Italian: pesce pietra — tropical marine fish
  • Japanese: 鬼達磨鰧 — tropical marine fish
  • Japanese: 鬼達磨虎魚 (onidarumaokoze) — tropical marine fish
  • Mokilese: neu — tropical marine fish
  • Navajo: tsé nahalinii — tropical marine fish
  • Polish: szkaradnica — tropical marine fish
  • Polish: synanceja — tropical marine fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-pedra — tropical marine fish
  • Portuguese: lacrau — tropical marine fish
  • Portuguese: lacrau-do-mar — tropical marine fish
  • Russian: борода́вчатка (borodávčatka) — tropical marine fish
  • Spanish: pez piedra — tropical marine fish
  • Turkish: taş balığı — tropical marine fish
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاش بالغی (taş balığı) — tropical marine fish