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northern cardinal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
north-ern -car-di-nal
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A North American songbird, of species Cardinalis cardinalis, with a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive.

Inflected Forms

northern cardinals (plural)

Synonyms

red cardinal redbird Virginia nightingale

Questions

What does northern cardinal mean?
A North American songbird, of species Cardinalis cardinalis, with a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive.

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