Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white-breasted waterhen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: white-breast-ed wa-ter-hen
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Amaurornis phoenicurus, a species of waterhen found in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia.

Etymology

From white + breasted + waterhen.

Inflected Forms

white-breasted waterhens (plural)

Questions

What does white-breasted waterhen mean?: Amaurornis phoenicurus, a species of waterhen found in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia.
Where does white-breasted waterhen come from?: From white + breasted + waterhen.

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