Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thornfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thorn-fish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.

noun

A dragonet, any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae.

noun

A jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua).

Etymology

From thorn + fish.

Inflected Forms

thornfishes (plural)

Questions

What does thornfish mean?: A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.
Where does thornfish come from?: From thorn + fish.

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