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thistletail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thistle-tail
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ovenbird of the former genus Schizoeaca, now regarded as belonging to the genus Asthenes which also comprises canasteros.

Etymology

From thistle + tail.

Inflected Forms

thistletails (plural)

Phrases

black-throated thistletail eye-ringed thistletail mouse-colored thistletail ochre-browed thistletail Perijá thistletail puna thistletail Vilcabamba thistletail white-chinned thistletail

Questions

What does thistletail mean?
An ovenbird of the former genus Schizoeaca, now regarded as belonging to the genus Asthenes which also comprises canasteros.
Where does thistletail come from?
From thistle + tail.

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