Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onaga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
on-a-ga
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans), a species of ray-finned fish.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 尾長 (onaga) or 尾長鯛 (onagadai).

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Questions

What does onaga mean?
Longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans), a species of ray-finned fish.
Where does onaga come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce onaga

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