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triggerfish

/ˈtɹɪ.ɡəɹˌfɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
trig-ger-fish
IPA
/ˈtɹɪ.ɡəɹˌfɪʃ/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

Etymology

Etymology tree English trigger Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English triggerfish From trigger + fish. First attested in the 1840s.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈtɹɪ.ɡəɹˌfɪʃ/
  • British English: /ˈtɹɪ.ɡəˌfɪʃ/

Inflected Forms

triggerfishes (plural) trigger-fish (alternative)

Phrases

bigspotted triggerfish blackbar triggerfish bluespotted triggerfish clown triggerfish flat-tailed triggerfish gray triggerfish lagoon triggerfish reef triggerfish

Frequently Paired Words

humuhumunukunukuapuaa

Questions

How do you pronounce triggerfish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪ.ɡəɹˌfɪʃ/.
What does triggerfish mean?
Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.
Where does triggerfish come from?
Etymology tree English trigger Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English triggerfish From trigger + fish. First attested in the 1840s.

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