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japanese smelt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
japane-se s-melt
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A freshwater fish of species Hypomesus nipponensis, native to Korea, Japan, and Sakhalin.

Inflected Forms

Japanese smelts (plural)

Synonyms

Japanese pond smelt

Questions

What does japanese smelt mean?
A freshwater fish of species Hypomesus nipponensis, native to Korea, Japan, and Sakhalin.

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