Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leach's storm petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: leach's s-tor-m pe-trel
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hydrobates leucorhous, a small seabird of the tubenose order.

Etymology

Named after William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist.

Inflected Forms

Leach's storm petrels (plural)

Synonyms

Leach's petrel

Questions

What does leach's storm petrel mean?: Hydrobates leucorhous, a small seabird of the tubenose order.
Where does leach's storm petrel come from?: Named after William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist.

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