stewart island shag
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A species of shag, Leucocarbo chalconotus, endemic to New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.
New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "Other birds are beating in an ungainly way against it, getting nowhere fast. […] “Stewart Island shags, and I don't know the Maori for that…kawau rakiura, perhaps?”"