Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threadfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thread-fish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cutlassfish (Trichiuridae).

noun

Any member of the genus Alectis of fish, noted for their filamentous anal and dorsal fins.

Etymology

From thread + fish.

Inflected Forms

threadfishes (plural)

Synonyms

thread-fish alectis ciliaris

Questions

What does threadfish mean?: A cutlassfish (Trichiuridae).
Where does threadfish come from?: From thread + fish.

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