razor-fish

1. 1.

   any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean

   Synonymsrazor fish

   Broaderwrasse

   Narrowerpearly razorfish

   Part ofHemipteronatus

Questions about razor-fish

What does razor-fish mean?

razor-fish means "any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean".

How many syllables are in razor-fish?

razor-fish has 3 syllables: ra-zor--fish. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for razor-fish?

Close synonyms include razor fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is razor-fish a common word?

razor-fish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.