Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tangfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tang-fish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina).

British usage

Example Sentences

"The coasts of Shetland swarm with the smaller seals, or Tangfish, so named from being supposed to live among the Tang, or larger fuci that grow near the shore."
"a noted retreat of seals or selkies, or tangfish, as they are vernacularly called in Zetland"
"On the rugged shores of Orkney there are two kinds of seal – the common seal or 'tangfish' (seaweed fish) of the Shetlands […] and the great grey seal"

Etymology

tang (“seaweed”) + fish

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does tangfish mean?: A common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina).
Where does tangfish come from?: tang (“seaweed”) + fish

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