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jawfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jaw-fish
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.

Etymology

From jaw + fish.

Inflected Forms

jawfishes (plural)

Questions

What does jawfish mean?
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
Where does jawfish come from?
From jaw + fish.

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