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upside-down catfish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
up-side--down -cat-fish
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various freshwater catfish that swim upside-down, such as Synodontis decorus, Synodontis multipunctatus, and especially Synodontis nigriventris

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Inflected Forms

upside-down catfishes (plural)

Questions

What does upside-down catfish mean?
Any of various freshwater catfish that swim upside-down, such as Synodontis decorus, Synodontis multipunctatus, and especially Synodontis nigriventris

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