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birdwing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bird-wing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genera Troides and Ornithoptera.

Etymology

Calque of Translingual Ornithoptera. By surface analysis, bird + wing.

Inflected Forms

birdwings (plural)

Phrases

Borneo birdwing Rajah Brooke's birdwing Richmond birdwing

Synonyms

bird-winged butterfly

Questions

What does birdwing mean?
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genera Troides and Ornithoptera.
Where does birdwing come from?
Calque of Translingual Ornithoptera. By surface analysis, bird + wing.

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