Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tahiti petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: tahi-ti pe-trel
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pseudobulweria rostrata, a species of seafaring petrel found throughout Oceania.

Example Sentences

"The Tahiti petrel is the largest of the four Pseudobulweria petrels, the others being Beck's, Fiji and Mascarene petrel."

Etymology

Tahiti + petrel, so called because they are numerous on the island of Tahiti.

Inflected Forms

Tahiti petrels (plural)

Phrases

Pseudobulweria rostrata

Frequently Paired Words

Pseudobulweria rostrata

Questions

What does tahiti petrel mean?: Pseudobulweria rostrata, a species of seafaring petrel found throughout Oceania.
Where does tahiti petrel come from?: Tahiti + petrel, so called because they are numerous on the island of Tahiti.

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