Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

band-tailed pigeon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: band--tailed pi-geon
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Patagioenas fasciata, a large pigeon native to the Americas, with a thin white collar on the nape and a purple-gray breast.

Inflected Forms

band-tailed pigeons (plural)

Synonyms

band-tail pigeon bandtail columba fasciata

Questions

What does band-tailed pigeon mean?: Patagioenas fasciata, a large pigeon native to the Americas, with a thin white collar on the nape and a purple-gray breast.

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