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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sailfin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sail-fin
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A saillike dorsal fin.

noun

Any organism having such a fin, such as a mollie (Poecilia latipinna) or a lizard of the genus Hydrosaurus.

Etymology

From sail + fin.

Inflected Forms

sailfins (plural)

Phrases

sailfin cardinalfish sailfin dragon sailfin lizard sailfin molly sailfin sandfish

Questions

What does sailfin mean?
A saillike dorsal fin.
Where does sailfin come from?
From sail + fin.

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