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Synanceja

noun

stonefishes

• Syn: ↑genus Synanceja

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenidae, ↑family Scorpaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑stonefish, ↑Synanceja verrucosa

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\\ˌsinənˈsējə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek synankeia place where two glens meet, meeting of waters, from syn- + ankos bend, glen + -eia -y — more at angle

: a genus (the type of the family Synancejidae) of scorpion fishes comprising the stonefishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.