Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

numbat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: num-bat
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.

Etymology

Borrowed from Nyunga nhumbad.

Inflected Forms

numbats (plural)

Synonyms

banded anteater anteater myrmecobius fasciatus

Questions

What does numbat mean?: A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.
Where does numbat come from?: Borrowed from Nyunga nhumbad.

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