Definition of "lionfish" []

• Any of various brightly colored tropical Pacific scorpion fishes of the genus Pterois, having venomous spines in the dorsal fin. (noun)

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• "One group has called lionfish a plague of Biblical proportions stalking the Bahamian economy."
• "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."
• "The front section of the cookbook, which calls the lionfish "The Caribbean's New Delicacy,""