Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estrildid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-tril-did
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.

Example Sentences

"Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young."
"Marschall and Prinzinger (1991) subjected five species of estrildids to the following calculation from laboratory measurements under different T_A: O₂ consumption, CO₂ production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and T_B."
"The estrildids are all monogamous (forming long-term or life-long pair bonds) and exhibit biparental care."

Etymology

From translingual Estrildidae.

Word Breakdown

Root: Estrildidae

Inflected Forms

estrildids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Estrildidae

Synonyms

estrildid finch

Questions

What does estrildid mean?: Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
Where does estrildid come from?: From translingual Estrildidae.

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