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pumpkinseed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
pump-kin-seed
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.

noun

A type of small riverboat.

noun

Alternative form of pumpkin seed (“the seed of a pumpkin”).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pumpkin + seed. The fish is so named for its small body that is shaped much like a pumpkin seed.

Inflected Forms

pumpkinseeds (plural)

Synonyms

punkie kivver lepomis gibbosus

Questions

What does pumpkinseed mean?
A North American sunfish; Lepomis gibbosus.
Where does pumpkinseed come from?
From pumpkin + seed. The fish is so named for its small body that is shaped much like a pumpkin seed.

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