threadfish

Questions about threadfish

What does threadfish mean?

threadfish means "fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins".

How many syllables are in threadfish?

threadfish has 3 syllables and divides as thre-ad-fish under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for threadfish?

Close synonyms include thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris. 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 threadfish a common word?

threadfish 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.