Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viperfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: viper-fish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Chauliodus of deepwater fishes, fierce predators with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.

Etymology

From viper + fish.

Inflected Forms

viperfishes (plural)

Questions

What does viperfish mean?: Any of the genus Chauliodus of deepwater fishes, fierce predators with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.
Where does viperfish come from?: From viper + fish.

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