Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubenose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tubenose
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.

noun

A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus

Etymology

From tube + nose.

Inflected Forms

tubenoses (plural)

Questions

What does tubenose mean?: Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
Where does tubenose come from?: From tube + nose.

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