Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malacopterygian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mala-coptery-gian
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

(zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii.

Archaic

Etymology

From translingual Malacopterygii + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mul:Malacopterygii

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

malacopterygians (plural)

Synonyms

soft-finned fish

Questions

What does malacopterygian mean?: (zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii.
Where does malacopterygian come from?: From translingual Malacopterygii + -an.

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