Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deep-sea spiny eel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: deep--sea spiny eel
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of fish in the family Notacanthidae, which have greatly elongated bodies, more tapered than in true eels and small or nonexistent caudal fins and lengthy anal fins.

Inflected Forms

deep-sea spiny eels (plural)

Questions

What does deep-sea spiny eel mean?: Any species of fish in the family Notacanthidae, which have greatly elongated bodies, more tapered than in true eels and small or nonexistent caudal fins and lengthy anal fins.

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