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culpeo

/kʊlˈpeɪ.əʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
culpeo
IPA
/kʊlˈpeɪ.əʊ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish (zorro) culpeo, from Mapudungun culpeu.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

culpeos (plural)

Synonyms

Andean fox colpeo Andean wolf zorro culpeo

Questions

How do you pronounce culpeo?
The recorded pronunciation is /kʊlˈpeɪ.əʊ/.
What does culpeo mean?
A canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.
Where does culpeo come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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