Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea-surgeon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: sea--sur-geon
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a family of spiny-rayed teleosteans of tropical seas, especially those of the genus Acanthurus, characterised by a lancet-like spine ensheathed on each side of the tail.

Inflected Forms

sea-surgeons (plural)

Questions

What does sea-surgeon mean?: One of a family of spiny-rayed teleosteans of tropical seas, especially those of the genus Acanthurus, characterised by a lancet-like spine ensheathed on each side of the tail.

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