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bristlemouth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bristle-mouth
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

noun

A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From bristle + mouth.

Inflected Forms

bristlemouths (plural)

Phrases

benttooth bristlemouth bicolored bristlemouth black bristlemouth Brauer's bristlemouth Brock's bristlemouth deep-water bristlemouth elongated bristlemouth Gilbert & Cramer's bristlemouth

Synonyms

lightfish anglemouth

Questions

What does bristlemouth mean?
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
Where does bristlemouth come from?
From bristle + mouth.

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