Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galápagos penguin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: gala-pagos pen-guin
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus, which lives on the Galápagos Islands.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps the most surprising of all is the 35 centimetre (14 inch) tall Galápagos penguin."

Inflected Forms

Galápagos penguins (plural)

Questions

What does galápagos penguin mean?: A species of penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus, which lives on the Galápagos Islands.

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