Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driftwood catfish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: drift-wood -cat-fish
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Auchenipteridae of nocturnal catfishes found in rivers from Panama to Argentina.

Inflected Forms

driftwood catfishes (plural)

Questions

What does driftwood catfish mean?: Any of the family Auchenipteridae of nocturnal catfishes found in rivers from Panama to Argentina.

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