Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horsefish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
horse-fish
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An opah (family Lamprididae).

noun

A sauger (Sander canadensis).

Archaic

noun

A sea horse (Hippocampus spp.).

noun

Any of several species of genus Congiopodus.

noun

A horseshoe crab (order Xiphosura spp.).

Etymology

From horse + fish.

Usage

Inflected Forms

horsefishes (plural)

Phrases

Antarctic horsefish Chereshnev's horsefish smooth horsefish spinenose horsefish spiny horsefish

Synonyms

pigfish racehorse moonfish atlantic moonfish horsehead horse-head dollarfish selene setapinnis

Questions

What does horsefish mean?
An opah (family Lamprididae).
Where does horsefish come from?
From horse + fish.

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