Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elepaio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ele-paio
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Example Sentences

"On these three islands elepaios are our most common native bird."

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻelepaio.

Word Breakdown

Root: ʻelepaio

Inflected Forms

elepaios (plural)

Questions

What does elepaio mean?: Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Where does elepaio come from?: From Hawaiian ʻelepaio.

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