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cockspur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
cock-spur
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.

Countable

noun

Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).

Uncountable

noun

Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).

Countable

noun

Richard grass (Dactylis glomerata), a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass of Eurasia.

Uncountable

noun

Pullback (Pisonia aculeata), a small West Indian tree.

Countable

noun

Any member of species, formerly all of the genus Acacia, of several spiny trees, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).

Countable

noun

Burgrass (Cenchrus echinatus).

Uncountable

noun

Maltese star thistle (Centaurea melitensis), an annual European weed, naturalized in North and South America.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cockspurs (plural) cock's-spur (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

cockspur acacia cockspur burner cockspur coral cockspur coral tree cockspur flower cockspur grass cockspur hawthorn cockspur lamp

Synonyms

gaff barnyard millet cockspur grass common barnyard grass Japanese millet water grass cockspur thorn pisonia aculeata

Questions

What does cockspur mean?
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
Where does cockspur come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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