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chiselmouth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chis-el-mouth
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of species Gila alutacea (formerly Acrocheilus alutaceus) native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From chisel + mouth. Named for the sharp plate on its lower jaw, which the fish uses to scrape algae from rocks.

Inflected Forms

chiselmouths (plural)

Synonyms

squaremouth hard-mouth chub

Questions

What does chiselmouth mean?
A fish of species Gila alutacea (formerly Acrocheilus alutaceus) native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Where does chiselmouth come from?
From chisel + mouth. Named for the sharp plate on its lower jaw, which the fish uses to scrape algae from rocks.

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