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pholid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phol-id
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish in the family Pholidae.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “horny scale”).

Inflected Forms

pholids (plural)

Questions

What does pholid mean?
Any fish in the family Pholidae.
Where does pholid come from?
From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “horny scale”).

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