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barley-bird

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
bar-ley-bird
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing.

noun

Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing.

noun

Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

barley-birds (plural)

Questions

What does barley-bird mean?
Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing.

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