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black ghost knifefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
black- ghost knife-fish
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tropical fish of species Apteronotus albifrons of South America, covered in a black color entirely, except for two white rings on its tail and a white blaze on its nose, occasionally extending into a stripe down the back.

Inflected Forms

black ghost knifefishes (plural)

Questions

What does black ghost knifefish mean?
A tropical fish of species Apteronotus albifrons of South America, covered in a black color entirely, except for two white rings on its tail and a white blaze on its nose, occasionally extending into a stripe down the back.

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