Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: file-fish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From file + fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

filefishes (plural)

Phrases

fringed filefish orange filefish scrawled filefish

Synonyms

foolfish

Questions

What does filefish mean?: Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
Where does filefish come from?: From file + fish.

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