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poeciliid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poe-cili-id
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.

Etymology

From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Poecilia, Poeciliidae

Inflected Forms

poeciliids (plural)

Synonyms

topminnow poeciliid fish live-bearer

Questions

What does poeciliid mean?
Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.
Where does poeciliid come from?
From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.

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