Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tussockland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tus-sock-land
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An excellent example concerns the conservation of the takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri). Takahe are large flightless rails that were believed to be extinct until their rediscovery in the subalpine tussockland of the murchison mountains of Fiordland in 1948."

Etymology

From tussock + land.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tussockland mean?: A type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.
Where does tussockland come from?: From tussock + land.

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