Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doughbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dough-bird
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).

Etymology

From dough + bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.

Inflected Forms

doughbirds (plural)

Questions

What does doughbird mean?: An Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
Where does doughbird come from?: From dough + bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.

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