calloo
/kəˈluː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
Example Sentences
- "This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well."
- "The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kəˈluː/