dragonfish
noun
dragonfish is spelled D-R-A-G-O-N-F-I-S-H: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dragonfish means “Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dragonfish is dragonfishes.
How many letters and syllables are in dragonfish?
| Letters | 10: D-R-A-G-O-N-F-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dragonfish?
Dragonfish appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dragonfish?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dragonfish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dragonfish
- dragonfishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dragonfish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
- 2
Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
- 3
Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
- 4
Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
- 5
Any member of the genus †Draconichthys of fossil fishes.
- 6
Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
- 7
Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
- 8
Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dragonfish come from?
From dragon + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).