kowari
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small carnivorous rat-like marsupial, Dasyuroides byrnei, endemic to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia.
Example Sentences
- "The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) of central Australia, one of a number of marsupial species that become torpid during cold weather, is also a fierce hunter and vocally aggressive […]."
Etymology
From Dieri kawiri.
Word Breakdown
- Root: kawiri
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
Dasycercus byrnei
brush-tailed marsupial rat
Kayer rat
Byrne's crest-tailed marsupial rat
bushy-tailed marsupial rat
kawiri