Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queenfish

/kwˈinfˌɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
queen-fish
IPA
/kwˈinfˌɪʃ/
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.

Canadian usage; British usage; American usage

noun

Any fish in the genus Scomberoides

Australian usage

noun

An emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

Australian usage

Etymology

From queen + fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

queenfishes (plural)

Phrases

barred queenfish deepbodies queenfish doublespotted queenfish double-spotted queenfish needle-scaled queenfish Talang queenfish

Synonyms

white croaker seriphus politus

Questions

How do you pronounce queenfish?
The recorded pronunciation is /kwˈinfˌɪʃ/.
What does queenfish mean?
A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.
Where does queenfish come from?
From queen + fish.

How to pronounce queenfish

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