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diving petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
div-ing pe-trel
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any seabird of the genus Pelecanoides in the family Procellariidae, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.

Inflected Forms

diving petrels (plural) diving-petrel (alternative)

Phrases

common diving petrel Georgian diving petrel Magellan diving petrel Peruvian diving petrel South Georgia diving petrel

Questions

What does diving petrel mean?
Any seabird of the genus Pelecanoides in the family Procellariidae, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.

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