stonefish

English

two reef stonefish ()

Etymology

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,
• reef stonefish,

Translations

tropical marine fish

• Finnish: kivikala (fi), velhokala (fi)
• French: poisson-pierre (fr) m
• Italian: pesce pietra m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 鬼達磨鰧, 鬼達磨虎魚 (オニダルマオコゼ, onidarumaokoze)
• Navajo: tsé nahalinii
• Russian: борода́вчатка (ru) f (borodávčatka)

References

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