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sand smelt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
sand s-melt
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other similar fish:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other similar fish:

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sand smelts (plural)

Phrases

big-scale sand smelt Mediterranean sand smelt southern sand smelt Caspian sand smelt

Frequently Paired Words

sandsmelt

Synonyms

common sand smelt

Questions

What does sand smelt mean?
Any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.

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