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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lyretail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lyre-tail
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various fishes whose tails resemble a lyre (musical instrument).

Etymology

From lyre + tail.

Inflected Forms

lyretails (plural)

Phrases

Amiet's lyretail bellus lyretail angelfish blue lyretail Christy's lyretail Inagua lyretail Indian lyretail lyretail anthias lyretail blenny

Questions

What does lyretail mean?
Any of various fishes whose tails resemble a lyre (musical instrument).
Where does lyretail come from?
From lyre + tail.

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