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blyth's hornbill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blyth's horn-bill
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rhyticeros plicatus, a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia.

Etymology

To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Inflected Forms

Blyth's hornbills (plural)

Synonyms

kokomo Papuan hornbill year-bird

Questions

What does blyth's hornbill mean?
Rhyticeros plicatus, a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia.
Where does blyth's hornbill come from?
To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

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