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dentex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
den-tex
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns (“tooth”). Further from Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dentexes (plural)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does dentex mean?
Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.
Where does dentex come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce dentex

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