Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velifer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: velif-er
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noun

Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus)

Etymology

From Latin vēl(um) (“sail, curtain”) + -i- + -fer.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vēlum

Inflected Forms

velifers (plural)

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What does velifer mean?: Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus)
Where does velifer come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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