Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silver-dun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: sil-ver--dun
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of domestic pigeon.

Example Sentences

"We have tried this cross, of silver with yellow, viz.: a young yellow cock and a yearling silver hen, and obtained a hard-coloured black with bars, a hard dun also with bars, and two very badly coloured silver duns or mealies."

Inflected Forms

silver-duns (plural)

Questions

What does silver-dun mean?: A type of domestic pigeon.

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