Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devils hole pupfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il-s -hole pup-fish
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, found only in a single water-filled canyon in Nevada.

Example Sentences

"In modern North America, too, seemingly uncrossable barriers have been traversed – the Devil's Hole pupfish, found only in a single cave in Nevada, is closely related to species in Death Valley and the Gulf of Mexico."

Inflected Forms

Devil's Hole pupfish (alternative)

Questions

What does devils hole pupfish mean?: A species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, found only in a single water-filled canyon in Nevada.

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