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sparoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sparoid
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead.

noun

Any fish of the family Sparidae.

Etymology

From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sparoids (plural)

Questions

What does sparoid mean?
Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead.
Where does sparoid come from?
From Latin sparus (“gilt-head, a certain kind of fish”) + -oid (“resembling”, suffix forming an adjective).

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