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sixgill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sixgill
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.

noun

Ellipsis of sixgill shark (“Any deepwater shark in the genus Hexanchus”)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From six + gill.

Inflected Forms

sixgills (plural)

Phrases

Atlantic sixgill shark bigeyed sixgill shark bluntnose sixgill shark

Questions

What does sixgill mean?
Having six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
Where does sixgill come from?
From six + gill.

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