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openbill

/ˈəʊpn̩.bɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
open-bill
IPA
/ˈəʊpn̩.bɪl/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.

Etymology

From open + bill.

Inflected Forms

openbills (plural)

Phrases

Asian openbill African openbill

Synonyms

openbill stork

Questions

How do you pronounce openbill?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈəʊpn̩.bɪl/.
What does openbill mean?
Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
Where does openbill come from?
From open + bill.

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