Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dark sleeper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: dark- sleep-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Odontobutis obscura, a freshwater goby found in East Asia

Example Sentences

"In these species the eggs are defended most strongly, and feeding territories have also been reported for some of them (the dark sleeper and the common freshwater goby)."

Inflected Forms

dark sleepers (plural)

Questions

What does dark sleeper mean?: Odontobutis obscura, a freshwater goby found in East Asia

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