Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water chicken

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter chick-en
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The moorhen

Etymology

Compare French poule d'eau and Spanish polla de agua

Inflected Forms

water chickens (plural)

Questions

What does water chicken mean?
The moorhen
Where does water chicken come from?
Compare French poule d'eau and Spanish polla de agua

How to pronounce water chicken

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