Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kittlitz's murrelet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kit-tl-itz's -mur-relet
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Brachyramphus brevirostris, a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia.

Etymology

Named after the German zoologist Heinrich von Kittlitz, who first collected the species.

Inflected Forms

Kittlitz's murrelets (plural)

Questions

What does kittlitz's murrelet mean?: Brachyramphus brevirostris, a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia.
Where does kittlitz's murrelet come from?: Named after the German zoologist Heinrich von Kittlitz, who first collected the species.

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