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roosterfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
roost-er-fish
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game fish of species Nematistius pectoralis, sole species of family Nematistiidae, found in the warmer waters of the East Pacific from Baja California to Peru, distinguished by its "rooster comb", seven very long spines of the dorsal fin.

Etymology

From rooster + fish.

Inflected Forms

roosterfishes (plural)

Questions

What does roosterfish mean?
A game fish of species Nematistius pectoralis, sole species of family Nematistiidae, found in the warmer waters of the East Pacific from Baja California to Peru, distinguished by its "rooster comb", seven very long spines of the dorsal fin.
Where does roosterfish come from?
From rooster + fish.

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