Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monito del monte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: moni-to del -monte
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Dromiciops of small marsupials, in the order Microbiotheria, native to Chile and Argentina.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish monito del monte (“little monkey of the bush”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: monito del monte

Inflected Forms

monitos del monte (plural)

Synonyms

colocolo opossum

Questions

What does monito del monte mean?: Any of the genus Dromiciops of small marsupials, in the order Microbiotheria, native to Chile and Argentina.
Where does monito del monte come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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