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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ass-fish
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several types of fish:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several types of fish:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several types of fish:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several types of fish:

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

assfishes (plural) ass fish (alternative) ass-fish (alternative)

Rhymes With

glassfish

Questions

What does assfish mean?
Any of several types of fish:
Where does assfish come from?
From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

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