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pangasius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
pan-ga-sius
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus.

Etymology

From Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: পাঙ্গাশ

Inflected Forms

pangasia (plural)

Phrases

giant pangasius

Questions

What does pangasius mean?
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus.
Where does pangasius come from?
From Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś).

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