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rabbitfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rab-bit-fish
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

noun

Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

Etymology

From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.

Inflected Forms

rabbitfishes (plural)

Phrases

small-eyed rabbitfish

Synonyms

chimaera monstrosa

Questions

What does rabbitfish mean?
Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
Where does rabbitfish come from?
From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.

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