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zeid

zeid noun: any fish in the family Zeidae.

Noun

zeid (plural zeids)

  1. Any fish in the family Zeidae.
    • Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen.2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 186

Proper noun capitalized: Zeid

Zeid (plural Zeids)

  1. A surname from Arabic

Forms of zeid

Noun
pluralzeids
Proper noun
pluralZeids

Origin of zeid

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).

Questions about zeid

What does zeid mean?
Zeid means any fish in the family Zeidae.
What part of speech is zeid?
Zeid can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of zeid?
The plural of zeid is zeids.

Words near zeid in the dictionary

  1. zehners
  2. Zehr
  3. Zehrs
  4. zeibekiko
  5. zeibekikos
  6. zeid
  7. Zeidan
  8. Zeidans
  9. zeideh
  10. zeidi
  11. zeidies

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