Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basa fish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: basa -fish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shark catfish native to southeast Asia, of species Pangasius bocourti.

noun

Other species in family Pangasiidae.

Etymology

From Vietnamese cá ba sa.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: cá ba sa

Inflected Forms

basa fishes (plural)

Questions

What does basa fish mean?: A shark catfish native to southeast Asia, of species Pangasius bocourti.
Where does basa fish come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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