Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea fan

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: sea -fan
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.

Example Sentences

"Wide sea fans swayed and beckoned in the eddies, and in the grey valleys they caught the light of the moon and waved spectrally, like fragments of the shrouds of men buried at sea."

Etymology

From sea + fan.

Inflected Forms

sea fans (plural) sea-fan (alternative)

Questions

What does sea fan mean?: Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.
Where does sea fan come from?: From sea + fan.

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