Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phillips's kangaroo rat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: phillip-s's kan-ga-roo rat
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rodent of species Dipodomys phillipsii, endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

Named after John Phillips, an official of a Mexican mining company who sent zoological specimens to the British Museum.

Inflected Forms

Phillips's kangaroo rats (plural)

Questions

What does phillips's kangaroo rat mean?: A rodent of species Dipodomys phillipsii, endemic to Mexico.
Where does phillips's kangaroo rat come from?: Named after John Phillips, an official of a Mexican mining company who sent zoological specimens to the British Museum.

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