Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parrotfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
par-rot-fish
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.

Etymology

From parrot + fish.

Inflected Forms

parrotfishes (plural) parrot fish (alternative) parrot-fish (alternative)

Phrases

Mediterranean parrotfish

Synonyms

sea parrot polly fish pollyfish

Questions

What does parrotfish mean?
Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
Where does parrotfish come from?
From parrot + fish.

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