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sciaena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sci-ae-na
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.

Etymology

From Latin sciaena, from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”) and -ινα (-ina, suffix forming related feminine nouns).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sciaena, σκίαινα

Inflected Forms

sciaenas (plural)

Questions

What does sciaena mean?
Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.
Where does sciaena come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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