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needletail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
needle-tail
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various birds in the genus Hirundapus, related to the swift.

Etymology

From needle + tail.

Inflected Forms

needletails (plural)

Phrases

brown-backed needletail purple needletail silver-backed needletail white-throated needletail

Questions

What does needletail mean?
Any of various birds in the genus Hirundapus, related to the swift.
Where does needletail come from?
From needle + tail.

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