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oilbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oil-bird
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nocturnal South American bird, of the species Steatornis caripensis of the order Steatornithiformes, related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.

Etymology

From oil + bird.

Inflected Forms

oilbirds (plural)

Synonyms

guacharo steatornis caripensis

Questions

What does oilbird mean?
A nocturnal South American bird, of the species Steatornis caripensis of the order Steatornithiformes, related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.
Where does oilbird come from?
From oil + bird.

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