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for·tes·cue
\ˈfȯrd.əˌskyü\ noun
also for·tes·cure \-yu̇r\; or for·tes·que \-yü\
(-s)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by the proper name Fortescue) of forty-skewer
: an Australian scorpion fish (Centropogon australis) having along the back venomous erectile spines capable of inflicting painful wounds — called also forty-skewer, scorpion |