Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichthyocentaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ichthy-ocen-taur
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἰχθυοκένταυρος

Inflected Forms

ichthyocentaurs (plural)

Questions

What does ichthyocentaur mean?: A centaurian sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish.
Where does ichthyocentaur come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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