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maccormick's skua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mac-cormick-'s skua
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of south polar skua (“Stercorarius maccormicki”).

Etymology

After explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen.

Inflected Forms

MacCormick's skuas (plural)

Synonyms

south polar skua

Questions

What does maccormick's skua mean?
Synonym of south polar skua (“Stercorarius maccormicki”).
Where does maccormick's skua come from?
After explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen.

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