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ortygan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
orty-gan
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various buttonquails.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, stem of ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail, Coturnix”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

ortygans (plural)

Questions

What does ortygan mean?
Any of various buttonquails.
Where does ortygan come from?
From Ancient Greek, stem of ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail, Coturnix”).

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