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longiroster

/ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lon-giroster
IPA
/ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the Longirostres, a former family of long-billed birds, such as the snipe.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin longus (“long”) + rostrum (“beak”). Compare French longirostre.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

longirosters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce longiroster?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɒndʒiɹɒstə(ɹ)/.
What does longiroster mean?
One of the Longirostres, a former family of long-billed birds, such as the snipe.
Where does longiroster come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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