Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sand-fish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)

noun

Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds

noun

Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds

noun

Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds

noun

Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds

noun

Other animals that notably burrow in sand:

noun

Other animals that notably burrow in sand:

Etymology

From sand + fish.

Inflected Forms

sandfishes (plural)

Phrases

belted sandfish broad sandfish clanwilliam sandfish Japanese sandfish obtuse sandfish Pacific sandfish sailfin sandfish sandfish skink

Synonyms

beaked salmon gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

Questions

What does sandfish mean?: Any member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
Where does sandfish come from?: From sand + fish.

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