Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiny eel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: spiny eel
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any freshwater fish, similar to but not related to the true eels, of the family Mastacembelidae.

noun

Any marine fish of family Notacanthidae, a deep-sea spiny eel.

Inflected Forms

spiny eels (plural)

Questions

What does spiny eel mean?: Any freshwater fish, similar to but not related to the true eels, of the family Mastacembelidae.

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