Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ottertail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ot-ter-tail
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

name

A river and locality (on the Canadian Pacific Railway) in British Columbia, Canada.

Example Sentences

"C.P.R. 2-10-4 No. 5906 on the second part of the westbound Dominion between Field and Ottertail, British Columbia. In the background is Mount Stephen."

Questions

What does ottertail mean?: A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

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