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oxpecker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ox-peck-er
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, endemic to the sub-Saharan African savanna.

Etymology

From ox + pecker.

Inflected Forms

oxpeckers (plural)

Phrases

red-billed oxpecker yellow-billed oxpecker

Questions

What does oxpecker mean?
Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, endemic to the sub-Saharan African savanna.
Where does oxpecker come from?
From ox + pecker.

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