Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grassquit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grassquit
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.

Example Sentences

"1988 [1948], David Lack, Notes (for 1988 edition), Darwin's Finches, page xv, Steadman (1982) suggests that Darwin's finches are so closely related to the South American blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina), that all 14 species plus the grassquit should be considered congeners within a new genus, Geospiza."
"The molecular work also makes a compelling case that Darwin's finches were originally grassquits."
"The current guess is that it was the wonderfully named dull-coloured grassquit, because this is the bird with the closest genetic code to the Galapagos finches."

Etymology

From grass + quit (“small passerine bird”).

Inflected Forms

grassquits (plural)

Phrases

black-faced grassquit blue-black grassquit Cuban grassquit dull-coloured grassquit sooty grassquit yellow-faced grassquit yellow-shouldered grassquit

Questions

What does grassquit mean?: Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.
Where does grassquit come from?: From grass + quit (“small passerine bird”).

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