lionfish









lionfish


lionfish [lahy-uh n-fish] Word Origin noun, plural li·on·fish·es, (especially collectively) li·on·fish.

  1. a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
  2. an Atlantic scorpionfish, Scorpaena grandicornis.

Origin of lionfish 1905–10 lion + fish British Dictionary definitions for lionfish lionfish noun plural -fish or -fishes

  1. any of various scorpion fishes of the tropical Pacific genus Pterois, having a striped body and elongated spiny fins
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