Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phantom shiner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: phan-tom shin-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of species Notropis orca, previously endemic to Texas and Mexico, presumed extinct as of 1996.

Inflected Forms

phantom shiners (plural)

Questions

What does phantom shiner mean?: A fish of species Notropis orca, previously endemic to Texas and Mexico, presumed extinct as of 1996.

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