Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bonytongue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bony-tongue
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any in the family Osteoglossidae of large freshwater fishes or its parent groupings, suborder Osteoglossoidei and order Osteoglossiformes.

Example Sentences

"They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga."

Etymology

bony + tongue, in reference to a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth.

Inflected Forms

bonytongues (plural)

Questions

What does bonytongue mean?: Any in the family Osteoglossidae of large freshwater fishes or its parent groupings, suborder Osteoglossoidei and order Osteoglossiformes.
Where does bonytongue come from?: bony + tongue, in reference to a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth.

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