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meadowhawk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mead-owhawk
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several dragonflies, of the genus Sympetrum, native to North America.

American usage

Etymology

From meadow + hawk.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

meadowhawks (plural)

Phrases

autumn meadowhawk band-winged meadowhawk black meadowhawk cherry-faced meadowhawk ruby meadowhawk saffron-winged meadowhawk striped meadowhawk variegated meadowhawk

Frequently Paired Words

mosquito hawk

Synonyms

darter

Questions

What does meadowhawk mean?
Any of several dragonflies, of the genus Sympetrum, native to North America.
Where does meadowhawk come from?
From meadow + hawk.

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