Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opaleye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: opal-eye
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish, Girella nigricans, a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific.

Example Sentences

"1966, D. W. Kelley (editor), Fish Bulletin 133: Ecological Studies of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary, Part 1, California Department of Fish and Game, page 147, Usually, adult opaleye are abundant about inshore rocky areas (from the surf zone to depths of 80 feet) and nearly every individual examined has its digestive tract packed with algae."
"Opaleye and halfmoon are part of the incidental catch of the coastal purse seine fleet and are sold as "perch" in the fresh fish market (Fitch and Lavenberg 1971). Annual landings of opaleye average about 2½ tons with a maximum of 12 tons in 1973,[…]."
"Young opaleyes, however, always lived in tidepools."

Etymology

From opal + eye.

Inflected Forms

opaleyes (plural)

Phrases

gulf opaleye

Questions

What does opaleye mean?: A fish, Girella nigricans, a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific.
Where does opaleye come from?: From opal + eye.

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