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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stripey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
stripey
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of stripy.

noun

A marine fish found from Australia to Hawaii and Japan, Microcanthus strigosus, which is sometimes kept in aquaria.

Australian usage

noun

Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae.

Etymology

From stripe + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stripier (comparative) stripiest (superlative) stripeys (plural)

Questions

What does stripey mean?
Alternative spelling of stripy.
Where does stripey come from?
From stripe + -y.

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