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helmetcrest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hel-metcrest
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various hummingbirds in the species Oxypogon.

Etymology

From helmet + crest.

Inflected Forms

helmetcrests (plural)

Phrases

bearded helmetcrest blue-bearded helmetcrest buffy helmetcrest green-bearded helmetcrest white-bearded helmetcrest

Questions

What does helmetcrest mean?
Any of various hummingbirds in the species Oxypogon.
Where does helmetcrest come from?
From helmet + crest.

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