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halfbeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
half-beak
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.

Etymology

From half + beak.

Inflected Forms

halfbeaks (plural)

Phrases

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Questions

What does halfbeak mean?
Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
Where does halfbeak come from?
From half + beak.

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