Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctorfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tor-fish
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.

Example Sentences

"Walking at the Brixton market among the parrotfish, doctorfish and butterfish, Effa Edusie is surrounded by pieces of her childhood in Ghana."

Etymology

From doctor + fish.

Inflected Forms

doctorfishes (plural)

Phrases

fish pedicure

Frequently Paired Words

fish pedicure

Synonyms

doctor-fish acanthurus chirurgus

Questions

What does doctorfish mean?: Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.
Where does doctorfish come from?: From doctor + fish.

How to pronounce doctorfish

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