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velvetfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vel-vetfish
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of scorpaeniform fish (Aploactinidae).

Etymology

From velvet + fish, from its skin texture.

Inflected Forms

velvetfishes (plural)

Questions

What does velvetfish mean?
Any of a family of scorpaeniform fish (Aploactinidae).
Where does velvetfish come from?
From velvet + fish, from its skin texture.

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