Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-fish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Any of various porgies of the genus Calamus

Etymology

From pen + fish, since the squid's ink was formerly used for writing.

Inflected Forms

penfishes (plural)

Questions

What does penfish mean?: A squid.
Where does penfish come from?: From pen + fish, since the squid's ink was formerly used for writing.

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