Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

denticle herring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: den-ti-cle her-ring
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Denticeps clupeoides; a small, silver, clupeiform fish, the sole extant species in the suborder Denticipitoidei, found in rivers adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea in west-central Africa.

Etymology

Partial calque from translingual and phono-semantic matching of translingual Denticeps clupeoides (literally “herring-like tooth-head”).

Inflected Forms

denticle herrings (plural)

Questions

What does denticle herring mean?: Denticeps clupeoides; a small, silver, clupeiform fish, the sole extant species in the suborder Denticipitoidei, found in rivers adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea in west-central Africa.
Where does denticle herring come from?: Partial calque from translingual and phono-semantic matching of translingual Denticeps clupeoides (literally “herring-like tooth-head”).

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