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单词 lionfish
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lionfish in British English

(ˈlaɪənˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural -fish or -fishes
any of various scorpion fishes of the tropical Pacific genus Pterois, having a striped body and elongated spiny fins

lionfish in American English

(ˈlaiənˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural -fishes or esp collectively -fish
1. 
a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, esp. P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins
2. 
an Atlantic scorpionfish, Scorpaena grandicornis
Word origin
[1905–10 lion + fish]

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Examples of 'lionfish' in a sentence
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Lionfish are the first exotic species to invade coral reefs.
Smithsonian (2010)
The coral shapes and colours give as much pleasure as the lionfish and turtles.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You'll wear diving helmets and come face to fins with venomous lionfish and sharks.
The Sun (2012)
The thing about hunting lionfish is that they tend to bleed.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But soon those lionfish began to breed a dynasty.
Smithsonian (2010)
He hosts invasive lionfish tournaments and beach and bay clean-up events.
2019 , 'A Diver Captures Bermuda Below the Surface', Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/diver-captures-bermuda-below-surface-180971854/
Coral trout, lionfish and snappers pass by.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Little is known about what keeps lionfish in check in their home waters.
Smithsonian (2010)
The orange blur deposited within resolves into a large lionfish.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Lionfish grow up to a foot long and sport candy cane stripes.
Smithsonian (2010)

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