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garefowl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gare-fowl
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The great auk.

noun

The razorbill

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Icelandic geirfugl, from Old Norse geirfugl (“great auk”), related to Swedish garfågel, Danish geirfugl, Faroese geirfuglur, gorfuglur, French gorfou.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

garefowls (plural) gairfowl (alternative) gare-fowl (alternative) gurfel (alternative)

Questions

What does garefowl mean?
The great auk.
Where does garefowl come from?
It is traced to Icelandic.

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