Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hawk-cuckoo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
hawk-cuck-oo
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the birds of several species in the genus Hierococcyx.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does hawk-cuckoo mean?
Any of the birds of several species in the genus Hierococcyx.

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