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basal bristle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
basal bris-tle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small feather located at the base of a bird's bill that has little or no vane.

Inflected Forms

basal bristles (plural)

Questions

What does basal bristle mean?
A small feather located at the base of a bird's bill that has little or no vane.

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