LIONFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lionfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lionfish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenid; scorpaenid fish (any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific)

Holonyms ("lionfish" is a member of...):

genus Pterois; Pterois (lionfishes)

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