Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conibear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: conibear
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of body-gripping trap designed to kill the trapped animal quickly.

name

Example Sentences

"It was the killing of Cupcake, a border collie mix, in a conibear trap last winter that first spurred the anti-trapping campaign here."

Etymology

Named after Frank Conibear, a Canadian who first constructed such a trap in 1957.

Inflected Forms

conibears (plural)

Questions

What does conibear mean?: A kind of body-gripping trap designed to kill the trapped animal quickly.
Where does conibear come from?: Named after Frank Conibear, a Canadian who first constructed such a trap in 1957.

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