Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ricefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rice-fish
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Adrianichthyidae of about 27 species of small ray-finned fish, many of which are found in Japanese rice paddies.

noun

A freshwater fish of the southeastern United States, Chologaster cornuta

American usage

Etymology

From rice + fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ricefishes (plural)

Questions

What does ricefish mean?
Any of the family Adrianichthyidae of about 27 species of small ray-finned fish, many of which are found in Japanese rice paddies.
Where does ricefish come from?
From rice + fish.

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