Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pilotbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pi-lot-bird
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.

Example Sentences

"You may see, or hear, a pilot bird where the menura does not dwell; one pair, I know, has been at home for several years in a pocket of scrub near the roadway at Fern Tree Gully."

Etymology

From pilot + bird.

Inflected Forms

pilotbirds (plural)

Questions

What does pilotbird mean?: A forest-dwelling species of songbird, Pycnoptilus floccosus, family Acanthizidae, of southeastern mainland Australia.
Where does pilotbird come from?: From pilot + bird.

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