Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skegger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skeg-ger
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parr; a young salmon.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I might here, before I take my leave of the salmon, tell you, that there is more than one sort of them; as, namely, a tecon, and another called in some places a samlet, or by some a skegger"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

skeggers (plural)

Questions

What does skegger mean?: A parr; a young salmon.

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