Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

otocinclus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: otocin-clus
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species of small South American freshwater fish of the genus Otocinclus, popular in home aquariums.

Etymology

From the genus name Otocinclus. First part from Ancient Greek ὠτο- (ōto-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Inflected Forms

otocincluses (plural)

Phrases

golden otocinclus

Synonyms

oto

Questions

What does otocinclus mean?: Any member of the species of small South American freshwater fish of the genus Otocinclus, popular in home aquariums.
Where does otocinclus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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