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mandarin fish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
man-dar-in -fish
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carnivorous freshwater fish, Siniperca chuatsi, from China.

noun

A colorful saltwater fish in the dragonet family, Synchiropus splendidus, from the Pacific Ocean.

Inflected Forms

mandarin fishes (plural) mandarinfish (alternative)

Phrases

golden mandarin fish

Synonyms

Chinese perch Chinese bass mandarin dragonet mandarin goby

Questions

What does mandarin fish mean?
A carnivorous freshwater fish, Siniperca chuatsi, from China.

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