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dustbathe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dust-bathe
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take a dust bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites and excess hair oil, by rolling in sand or dust.

Etymology

From dust + bathe.

Inflected Forms

dustbathes (present, singular) dustbathing (participle, present) dustbathed (participle, past) dustbathed (past)

Synonyms

sandbathe

Questions

What does dustbathe mean?
To take a dust bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites and excess hair oil, by rolling in sand or dust.
Where does dustbathe come from?
From dust + bathe.

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