Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

percine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: percine
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a perch (the fish).

Obsolete

noun

A fish in the genus Perca.

noun

A protamine found in the sperm of yellow perch Perca flavescens

Example Sentences

"Got two fine Malapterursus and a Percine form from the natives."
"The Percines, or typical perches, are recognizable by the elongated form of the body, and the numerous spines of the first or spinous dorsal fin"
"An other type of diprotamine contains arginine and histidine: the percine [from the perch, Perca flavescens] belongs to this group."

Etymology

From Latin perca (“perch”) + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: -ine

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

percines (plural)

Questions

What does percine mean?: Resembling a perch (the fish).
Where does percine come from?: From Latin perca (“perch”) + -ine.

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