munia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is said, however, occasionally though rarely to eat insects, and Layard has related how an individual, kept in captivity, killed and swallowed small birds (Munias), its fellow-captives."
- "Munias are smaller than sparrows; they have pointed short tails, and live in flocks, building large communal nests shared by several breeding pairs."
- "Okanoya (2002) argues that the Bengalese finch has a much more 'complex' song than the munia. As mentioned earlier, his measure of complexity is the song linearity. He finds that the average song linearity of the munia is around 0.8 while the Bengalese finch song has a value of around 0.4."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
munias (plural)
minia (alternative)
Phrases
alpine munia
Bismarck munia
black-and-white munia
black-breasted munia
black-faced munia
black munia
black-throated munia
bronze munia