Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cottontop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cot-ton-top
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arboreal, diurnal New World tamarin, Saguinus oedipus.

noun

A plant of species Micropus californicus.

Etymology

From cotton + top.

Inflected Forms

cottontops (plural)

Phrases

cottontop tamarin

Synonyms

Q-tips cottonseed cottonweed

Questions

What does cottontop mean?: An arboreal, diurnal New World tamarin, Saguinus oedipus.
Where does cottontop come from?: From cotton + top.

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