Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steenbras

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: steen-bras
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various fish of the sparid genus Lithognathus.

noun

A biskop, any fish of species Cymatoceps nasutus or Sparodon durbanensis.

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans steenbras.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: steenbras

Phrases

red steenbras sand steenbras white steenbras

Questions

What does steenbras mean?: Any of various fish of the sparid genus Lithognathus.
Where does steenbras come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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