Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mccown's longspur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.95 in modern English

Syllables: mc-cown's -longspur
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of thick-billed longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)

Etymology

Named after then-Captain John P. McCown, an American army officer who in 1851 collected the specimen that led to the species first being scientifically described.

Inflected Forms

McCown's longspurs (plural)

Synonyms

thick-billed longspur

Questions

What does mccown's longspur mean?: Synonym of thick-billed longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii)
Where does mccown's longspur come from?: Named after then-Captain John P. McCown, an American army officer who in 1851 collected the specimen that led to the species first being scientifically described.

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