Meanings
nounstonefish (plural stonefishes or stonefish)
plural stonefishes · alternative stone fish · alternative stone-fish
- A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounvenomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock
Similar
Synanceja verrucosa
Broader
scorpaenidscorpaenid fish
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian скорпена
- скорпена (skorpena)tropical marine fish
Finnish kivikala, velhokala
- kivikalatropical marine fish
- velhokalatropical marine fish
French poisson-pierre
- poisson-pierretropical marine fish
Greek πετρόψαρο
- πετρόψαρο (petrópsaro)tropical marine fish
Italian pesce pietra
- pesce pietratropical marine fish
Japanese 鬼達磨鰧, 鬼達磨虎魚
- 鬼達磨鰧tropical marine fish
- 鬼達磨虎魚 (onidarumaokoze)tropical marine fish
Polish szkaradnica, synanceja
- szkaradnicatropical marine fish
- synancejatropical marine fish
Portuguese peixe-pedra, lacrau
- peixe-pedratropical marine fish
- lacrautropical marine fish
- lacrau-do-martropical marine fish
Russian борода́вчатка
- борода́вчатка (borodávčatka)tropical marine fish
Spanish pez piedra
- pez piedratropical marine fish
Turkish taş balığı
- taş balığıtropical marine fish
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APA
stonefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonefish
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“stonefish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonefish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonefish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonefish.
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