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pleco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
ple-co
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.

Etymology

Shortened from plecostomus, from translingual Plecostomus.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

plecos (plural)

Phrases

adonis pleco gold nugget pleco

Synonyms

plec pleco fish plecostomus janitor fish

Questions

What does pleco mean?
Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.
Where does pleco come from?
Shortened from plecostomus, from translingual Plecostomus.

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