Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zeid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: zeid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish in the family Zeidae.

name

A surname from Arabic

Example Sentences

"Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).

Inflected Forms

zeids (plural)

Questions

What does zeid mean?: Any fish in the family Zeidae.
Where does zeid come from?: Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).

How to pronounce zeid

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