olinguito
/oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.”"
- "A fuzzy fog-dweller with a face like a teddy bear, the olinguito (pictured) is the first carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades, a new study says."
- "In the year since the announcement, the olinguito has gone from literal unknown to being surprisingly well-documented through photos and videos shot by amateur naturalists, bird watchers, and others, a kind of crowd-sourced science."
- "First, a brand new species of mammal, considered the holy grail of the discipline, was found hiding in plain sight: the olinguito, smallest member of the raccoon family, has been around for decades, but was mistaken for its more substantial cousin, the olingo."
- "The olinguito, one of science's recently discovered species, is part of the same family as raccoons, coatis, and kinkajous."
- "The olinguito was found in the Andes Mountains by Smithsonian scientists in 2013."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: olinguito
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/
- British English: /əʊlɪŋˈɡiːtəʊ/