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laughingthrush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
laugh-ingth-rush
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.

Etymology

From laughing + thrush.

Inflected Forms

laughingthrushes (plural) laughing thrush (alternative)

Phrases

ashy-headed laughingthrush Assam laughingthrush bare-headed laughingthrush barred laughingthrush Bhutan laughingthrush black-chinned laughingthrush black-faced laughingthrush black-hooded laughingthrush

Questions

What does laughingthrush mean?
Any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.
Where does laughingthrush come from?
From laughing + thrush.

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