Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swooping season

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: swoop-ing sea-son
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.

Australian usage

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

swooping seasons (plural)

Questions

What does swooping season mean?: The breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.

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