Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatchetfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hatch-et-fish
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae

noun

Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae

Etymology

From hatchet + fish.

Inflected Forms

hatchetfishes (plural)

Phrases

flying hatchetfish

Synonyms

gasteropelecid sternoptychid marine hatchetfish

Questions

What does hatchetfish mean?: Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
Where does hatchetfish come from?: From hatchet + fish.

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