Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great stone-curlew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: great -s-tone-curlew
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of stone-curlew, Burhinus recurvirostris, of continental Asia, from Iran east to southern China.

Inflected Forms

great stone-curlews (plural)

Synonyms

great thick-knee

Questions

What does great stone-curlew mean?: A species of stone-curlew, Burhinus recurvirostris, of continental Asia, from Iran east to southern China.

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