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sea adder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
sea ad-der
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn. Gasterosteus spinachia).

noun

A tanglefish, or greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus).

noun

A sea serpent.

Obsolete

Etymology

From sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sea adders (plural) sea-adder (alternative)

Questions

What does sea adder mean?
A European fifteen-spined stickleback, a fish of species Spinachia spinachia (syn. Gasterosteus spinachia).
Where does sea adder come from?
From sea + adder. Compare Old English mere-næddra (“sea-adder, lamprey”).

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