Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maynard's cuckoo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: may-nard's cuck-oo
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Coccyzus minor maynardi, a Caribbean subspecies of the mangrove cuckoo.

Etymology

Named after Charles Johnson Maynard, American naturalist.

Inflected Forms

Maynard's cuckoos (plural)

Questions

What does maynard's cuckoo mean?: Coccyzus minor maynardi, a Caribbean subspecies of the mangrove cuckoo.
Where does maynard's cuckoo come from?: Named after Charles Johnson Maynard, American naturalist.

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