Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warmouth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: war-mouth
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lepomis gulosus, a species of freshwater sunfish native to America.

Etymology

From war + mouth; the fish has stripes around the mouth that resemble war paint.

Inflected Forms

warmouths (plural)

Questions

What does warmouth mean?: Lepomis gulosus, a species of freshwater sunfish native to America.
Where does warmouth come from?: From war + mouth; the fish has stripes around the mouth that resemble war paint.

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