LIONFISH


Meaning of LIONFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlī-ən-ˌfish ]

noun

Date: circa 1907

: any of several scorpaenid fishes (genus Pterois ) of the Indian Ocean and the tropical Pacific that are brilliantly striped and barred with elongated fins and venomous dorsal spines

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.