Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloodbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blood-bird
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).

Example Sentences

"I was watching a lovely little read-headed honey-eater—that beautiful scarlet and black bird, familiarly known as the bloodbird— feeding busily in the top of a small turpentine tree, and ceasing operations now and again to utter his little running call."
"At first only one bloodbird dipped low to catch insects in the last of the milkweed bursting their pods in the fields."

Etymology

From blood + bird, from the bright red colour of the male.

Inflected Forms

bloodbirds (plural)

Questions

What does bloodbird mean?: An Australian honeyeater, the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).
Where does bloodbird come from?: From blood + bird, from the bright red colour of the male.

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