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melanure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mela-nure
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small fish of the Mediterranean, saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

Obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελάνουρος (melánouros, “saddled sea bream”) from μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μελάνουρος

Usage

Inflected Forms

melanures (plural)

Questions

What does melanure mean?
A small fish of the Mediterranean, saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)
Where does melanure come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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