Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuckoo-hawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
cuck-oo-hawk
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two African hawks in the genus Aviceda

Etymology

From cuckoo + hawk.

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Questions

What does cuckoo-hawk mean?
Either of two African hawks in the genus Aviceda
Where does cuckoo-hawk come from?
From cuckoo + hawk.

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