Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonguefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tongue-fish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.

Example Sentences

"Members of the family Cynoglossidae, the tonguefishes are for the most part too small to be of much interest as food fishes."
"The tonguefishes are flatfishes found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, hut some species are found in freshwater hahitats (see Achiridae for a discussion of flatfishes)."
"But the tonguefish are unaffected by the noxious gases. The ”narked" fish end up as chow for the tonguefish."

Etymology

From tongue + fish.

Inflected Forms

tonguefishes (plural)

Synonyms

cynoglossid tongue-fish

Questions

What does tonguefish mean?: Any of the flatfishes in the taxonomic family Cynoglossidae, distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth.
Where does tonguefish come from?: From tongue + fish.

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