Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magpie-goose

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: mag-pie--goose
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.

Inflected Forms

magpie-geese (plural) magpie goose (alternative)

Questions

What does magpie-goose mean?: A bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.

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