Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firetail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
fire-tail
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.

noun

The common redstart.

British usage; Dated

Etymology

From fire + tail.

Usage

Inflected Forms

firetails (plural)

Phrases

beautiful firetail diamond firetail red-eared firetail painted firetail

Synonyms

fireflirt

Questions

What does firetail mean?
Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.
Where does firetail come from?
From fire + tail.

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