Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue-throated sapphire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: blue-throat-ed s-ap-phire
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

Inflected Forms

blue-throated sapphires (plural)

Synonyms

blue-throated goldentail

Questions

What does blue-throated sapphire mean?: Hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

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