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stonefish

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

stonefish: a venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the...
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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

stonefish meaning in Tamil

stonefish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of stonefish

pluralstonefishes
pluralstonefish
alternative formstone fish
alternative formstone-fish

Origin of stonefish

From stone + fish.

Words formed from stonefish

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

Questions about stonefish

What does stonefish mean?
Stonefish means a venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
What is stonefish in Tamil?
Stonefish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Stonefish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stonefish?
Stonefish is a noun.
What is the plural of stonefish?
The plural of stonefish is stonefishes.

Words near stonefish in the dictionary

  1. stonedressers
  2. stonedressing
  3. stonefaced
  4. stonefall
  5. stonefalls
  6. stonefish
  7. stonefishes
  8. stoneflies
  9. stonefly
  10. stonefruit
  11. stonefruits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stonefish (page history and authors); stonefish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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