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canastero

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
canas-tero
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises thistletails and Itatiaia spinebird.

Etymology

From Spanish canastero (“basket-maker”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

canasteros (plural)

Phrases

austral canastero Berlepsch's canastero cactus canastero canyon canastero Cipó canastero cordilleran canastero creamy-breasted canastero dark-winged canastero

Frequently Paired Words

thistletail

Questions

What does canastero mean?
Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises thistletails and Itatiaia spinebird.
Where does canastero come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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