Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gadfly petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: gad-fly- pe-trel
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A petrel of the genus Pterodroma.

Example Sentences

"The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource."

Inflected Forms

gadfly petrels (plural)

Questions

What does gadfly petrel mean?: A petrel of the genus Pterodroma.

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