Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

japanese sea lion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: japane-se sea lion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sea lion, of species †Zalophus japonicus, inhabiting the Sea of Japan, thought to have become extinct in the 1950s.

Inflected Forms

Japanese sea lions (plural)

Questions

What does japanese sea lion mean?: A sea lion, of species †Zalophus japonicus, inhabiting the Sea of Japan, thought to have become extinct in the 1950s.

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