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whitethroat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
whitethroat
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sylvia communis, a species of typical warbler.

Etymology

From white + throat; so-called because the male of the species has a white throat.

Inflected Forms

whitethroats (plural)

Phrases

common whitethroat desert whitethroat garden whitethroat greater whitethroat Hume's whitethroat lesser whitethroat

Synonyms

white-throated sparrow zonotrichia albicollis greater whitethroat sylvia communis curruca communis lesser whitethroat sylvia curruca

Questions

What does whitethroat mean?
Sylvia communis, a species of typical warbler.
Where does whitethroat come from?
From white + throat; so-called because the male of the species has a white throat.

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