kiack
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of kayak
noun
Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.
Canadian usage
noun
A temple for practitioners of Buddhism within Burma.
Example Sentences
- "Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack."
- "Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area."