Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rat-fish
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae.

noun

A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae.

noun

A chimaera

Etymology

From rat + fish.

Inflected Forms

ratfishes (plural)

Questions

What does ratfish mean?
A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae.
Where does ratfish come from?
From rat + fish.

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