Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common torpedo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -tor-pe-do
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Torpedo torpedo, a species of electric ray with prominent blue spots on its back, found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Angola.

Inflected Forms

common torpedoes (plural)

Synonyms

ocellate torpedo eyed electric ray

Questions

What does common torpedo mean?: Torpedo torpedo, a species of electric ray with prominent blue spots on its back, found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Angola.

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