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lyall's wren

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lyal-l's wren
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traversia lyalli, a small flightless passerine bird once found throughout New Zealand, now extinct.

Etymology

Named after an assistant lighthouse keeper, David Lyall, who brought the bird to the attention of science.

Inflected Forms

Lyall's wrens (plural)

Synonyms

Stephens Island wren

Questions

What does lyall's wren mean?
Traversia lyalli, a small flightless passerine bird once found throughout New Zealand, now extinct.
Where does lyall's wren come from?
Named after an assistant lighthouse keeper, David Lyall, who brought the bird to the attention of science.

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