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heligoland trap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
he-ligoland -trap
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, building-sized, funnel-shaped, rigid structure of wire mesh or netting used to catch birds for ornithological study.

Etymology

The first such trap was located at a bird observatory on the island of Heligoland, Germany.

Inflected Forms

Heligoland traps (plural)

Questions

What does heligoland trap mean?
A large, building-sized, funnel-shaped, rigid structure of wire mesh or netting used to catch birds for ornithological study.
Where does heligoland trap come from?
The first such trap was located at a bird observatory on the island of Heligoland, Germany.

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