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silure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sil-ure
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of the genus Silurus, such as the sheatfish.

Etymology

From Latin silurus (“a sort of river fish”), from Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros, “a very large sort of river fish”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

silures (plural)

Synonyms

silurid siluroid

Questions

What does silure mean?
A fish of the genus Silurus, such as the sheatfish.
Where does silure come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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