Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spadefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
spade-fish
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of paddlefish (broad sense).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of paddlefish (broad sense).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From spade + fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spadefishes (plural)

Phrases

African spadefish Atlantic spadefish circular spadefish golden spadefish hump-headed spadefish longfin spadefish pinnate spadefish round spadefish

Synonyms

paddlefish angelfish chaetodipterus faber

Questions

What does spadefish mean?
Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
Where does spadefish come from?
From spade + fish.

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