Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lungfish

/lˈʌŋfˌɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
lung-fish
IPA
/lˈʌŋfˌɪʃ/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins

Etymology

From lung + fish.

Inflected Forms

lungfishes (plural)

Phrases

African lungfish Australian lungfish East African lungfish marbled lungfish Queensland lungfish slender lungfish South American lungfish

Synonyms

dipnoan

Questions

How do you pronounce lungfish?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈʌŋfˌɪʃ/.
What does lungfish mean?
An air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
Where does lungfish come from?
From lung + fish.

How to pronounce lungfish

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