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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flagtail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flag-tail
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.

adj

Having a tail resembling a flag in some way, such as by colored stripes.

Etymology

From flag + tail.

Inflected Forms

flagtails (plural)

Phrases

barred flagtail dark-margin flagtail dark-margined flagtail fiveband flagtail fivebar flagtail five-bar flagtail flagtailed terapon Hawaiian flagtail

Synonyms

aholehole

Questions

What does flagtail mean?
Any member of the genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.
Where does flagtail come from?
From flag + tail.

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