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black cuckooshrike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
black- cuck-ooshrike
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava), found across Southern Africa.

noun

A New Guinea cuckooshrike (Coracina melas), found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea.

Inflected Forms

black cuckooshrikes (plural) black cuckoo-shrike (alternative)

Synonyms

black cicadabird New Guinea cuckoshrike

Questions

What does black cuckooshrike mean?
An African black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava), found across Southern Africa.

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