biset
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.
Example Sentences
- "This supposition is doubtless erroneous, as we do not find among them any indications of such an origin, and the ringdove, will not propagate with the biset, even in a state of captivity."
- "Only four species of the common pigeons are found wild in this last part of the globe; from one of them, the biset or wild rock pigeon, as is supposed, are descended all the various races which we find in a state of domestication."
- "Buffon, in accordance with his whimsical idea of referring foreign species to those of Europe, considers the present as a variety of the biset (Columba livia, Briss."
- "The bisque was a soup of the biset — with the biset added to it in the tureen together with a ragout or relish."
- "Four varietles of pigeon still exist in a wild state in France—the biset, the wood pigeon, the rock pigeon, and the turtledove. The biset variety is the foundation of all domesticated varieties in France."
Etymology
From bi- + set.
Origin
- Source language: French