Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sparid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sparid
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae

Etymology

From Latin sparus (“bream”) + -id.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sparus
Suffix: -id

Inflected Forms

sparids (plural)

Synonyms

porgy sparid fish

Questions

What does sparid mean?: Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae
Where does sparid come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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