zeid

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noun

Any fish in the family Zeidae.

OriginArabic زَيْد →
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Meanings

zeid1

nounzeid (plural zeids)

plural zeids

  1. biologyAny 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

Zeid2

proper nounZeid (plural Zeids)

plural Zeids

  1. A surname from Arabic

Origin

  1. Arabicزَيْد
  2. Arabicزَيْد
  3. EnglishZeid

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Diezdize
Cite this entry
APA

zeid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeid

MLA

“zeid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zeid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeid.

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