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harris's sparrow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
har-ris's s-par-row
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sparrow Zonotrichia querula.

Etymology

Named after the American ornithologist Edward Harris (1799–1863).

Inflected Forms

Harris's sparrows (plural)

Questions

What does harris's sparrow mean?
The sparrow Zonotrichia querula.
Where does harris's sparrow come from?
Named after the American ornithologist Edward Harris (1799–1863).

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