wobbegong
/ˈwɑbiˌɡɑŋ/noun
wobbegong is a noun meaning “Any of several species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-O-B-B-E-G-O-N-G, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of wobbegong is wobbegongs.
What does wobbegong mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several species of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae, distinguished by their small vegetation-like flaps of skin around the mouth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce wobbegong?
- UK /ˈwɒbɪɡɒŋ/
- US /ˈwɑbiˌɡɑŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wobbegong.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wobbegong
- wobbegongs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is wobbegong?
Wobbegong appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).
Where does wobbegong come from?
From Dharug wabigang. A parallel in Tharawal dhabigang suggests a common Yuin-Kuric origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).