Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costa's hummingbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: costa's hum-ming-bird
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Calypte costae, a North American hummingbird.

Etymology

Named in honour of the French nobleman Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (1806–1864).

Inflected Forms

Costa's hummingbirds (plural)

Questions

What does costa's hummingbird mean?: Calypte costae, a North American hummingbird.
Where does costa's hummingbird come from?: Named in honour of the French nobleman Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (1806–1864).

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