stonefish

English

two reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)

Alternative forms

• stone fish, stone-fish

Etymology

From stone +‎ fish.

Noun

stonefish (plural stonefishes or stonefish)

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

Derived terms

• estuary stonefish, Synanceia horrida
• reef stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa

Translations

tropical marine fish

• Bulgarian: скорпена f (skorpena)
• Finnish: kivikala (fi), velhokala (fi)
• French: poisson-pierre (fr) m
• Italian: pesce pietra m
• Japanese: 鬼達磨鰧, 鬼達磨虎魚 (オニダルマオコゼ, onidarumaokoze)
• Mokilese: neu
• Navajo: tsé nahalinii
• Ottoman Turkish: طاش بالغی (taş balığı)
• Polish: szkaradnica (pl) f, synanceja (pl) f
• Portuguese: peixe-pedra m, lacrau (pt) m, lacrau-do-mar m
• Russian: борода́вчатка (ru) f (borodávčatka)
• Spanish: pez piedra m
• Turkish: taş balığı (tr)

References

• stonefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Synanceia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Synanceia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons