Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostracion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-tra-cion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish ).

Questions

What does ostracion mean?: A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish ).

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