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silurus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sil-u-rus
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

siluri (plural) siluruses (plural)

Questions

What does silurus mean?
Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.
Where does silurus come from?
From the genus name.

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