Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mousebird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mouse-bird
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

Etymology

From mouse + bird.

Inflected Forms

mousebirds (plural)

Synonyms

coly

Questions

What does mousebird mean?: Any of a group of arboreal birds of the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.
Where does mousebird come from?: From mouse + bird.

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