Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triplefin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
triplefin
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of approximately 150 blennioid species of the family Tripterygiidae, found in tropical and temperate waters, whose dorsal fin is separated into three parts, two of them spinous.

Etymology

From triple + fin.

Inflected Forms

triplefins (plural)

Phrases

oblique-swimming triplefin

Synonyms

threefin

Questions

What does triplefin mean?
Any of approximately 150 blennioid species of the family Tripterygiidae, found in tropical and temperate waters, whose dorsal fin is separated into three parts, two of them spinous.
Where does triplefin come from?
From triple + fin.

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