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dieffenbach's rail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-ef-fen-bach's rail
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of species †Gallirallus dieffenbachii of extinct birds endemic to the Chatham Islands.

Etymology

The only recorded living specimen was captured in 1840 by Ernst Dieffenbach.

Inflected Forms

Dieffenbach's rails (plural)

Synonyms

mehoriki meriki moeriki

Questions

What does dieffenbach's rail mean?
Any member of species †Gallirallus dieffenbachii of extinct birds endemic to the Chatham Islands.
Where does dieffenbach's rail come from?
The only recorded living specimen was captured in 1840 by Ernst Dieffenbach.

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