Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoary bat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: hoary -bat
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lasiurus cinereus, a vespertilionid bat that occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.

Inflected Forms

hoary bats (plural)

Phrases

Hawaiian hoary bat

Questions

What does hoary bat mean?: Lasiurus cinereus, a vespertilionid bat that occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.

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