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nandu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
nan-du
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

rhea (large, flightless birds)

Etymology

From French nandou from Spanish ñandú from Paraguayan Guarani ñandu guasu.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nandus (plural) nandou (alternative) nandow (alternative)

Synonyms

rhea pterocnemia pennata

Questions

What does nandu mean?
rhea (large, flightless birds)
Where does nandu come from?
It is traced to French.

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