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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catstail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-stail
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Timothy grass (Phleum pratense)

Etymology

From Middle English cattestail, equivalent to cat + -s- + tail.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

catstails (plural) cat's tail (alternative) cat's-tail (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cattail

Questions

What does catstail mean?
Timothy grass (Phleum pratense)
Where does catstail come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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