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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various colorful scorpionfishes chiefly of the genera Pterois and Dendrochirus, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans but introduced elsewhere, having a striped body with long pectoral fins and venomous spines in the dorsal fin.
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- noun Any of the
venomous fish of the Pterois or Scorpaenidaefamily , notable for their long and separated spines
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
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One group has called lionfish a plague of Biblical proportions stalking the Bahamian economy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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One group has called lionfish a plague of Biblical proportions stalking the Bahamian economy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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U.S. oceans agency NOAA's joint campaign to get chefs interested in the lionfish, which is invasive to Carribbean waters and threatens stocks of grouper and snapper.
TreeHugger 2010
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The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,"
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