Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finger fish

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger -fish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any small fish approximately the size of a finger.

noun

noun

A threadfin of the genus Polynemus.

noun

Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.

Example Sentences

"Finger fish are very plentiful in this country. They are of the length of a man's finger, and lie in the bottom of the water about one or two feet deep. They are very good."
"The sponge, the coral, and the madrepore will remain as indifferent to the fury of the elements as the rock on which they are incrusted, or as the shingle on which the finger-fish spreads his four marble arms."
"Polynemus lineatus, the lineated finger-fiſh: appendages five, reaching to the anus; twelve brown longitudinal ſtripes on each ſide."

Etymology

From finger + fish.

Inflected Forms

finger fishes (plural) finger-fish (alternative) fingerfish (alternative)

Questions

What does finger fish mean?: Any small fish approximately the size of a finger.
Where does finger fish come from?: From finger + fish.

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