Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leerfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leer-fish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The marine fish Lichia amia.

Etymology

Partial calque of Afrikaans leervis, from leer (“leather”) + vis (“fish”).

Inflected Forms

leerfishes (plural)

Synonyms

garrick

Questions

What does leerfish mean?: The marine fish Lichia amia.
Where does leerfish come from?: Partial calque of Afrikaans leervis, from leer (“leather”) + vis (“fish”).

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