Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nile perch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: nile perch
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lates niloticus, a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.

Etymology

From Nile + perch.

Inflected Forms

Nile perches (plural)

Questions

What does nile perch mean?: Lates niloticus, a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.
Where does nile perch come from?: From Nile + perch.

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