cynoglossid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
Example Sentences
- "Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas."
- "Cynoglossids are elongate and oval in profile, with eyes on left side of head, pectoral fins absent or represented by a membrane, and dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin."
- "Only the soleids, bothids and some species of cynoglossids constitute fishery resources of commercial importance in the area."