Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistling duck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: whistling -duck
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird of the genus Dendrocygna in the family Anatidae, the family of duck, goose and swan.

Inflected Forms

whistling ducks (plural)

Phrases

black-bellied whistling duck fulvous whistling duck Indian whistling duck lesser whistling duck plumed whistling duck spotted whistling duck wandering whistling duck

Questions

What does whistling duck mean?: Any bird of the genus Dendrocygna in the family Anatidae, the family of duck, goose and swan.

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