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parrotfinch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-rotfinch
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Erythrura of small, colourful passerine birds, found in southeast Asia and Oceania.

Etymology

From parrot + finch.

Inflected Forms

parrotfinches (plural)

Phrases

blue-faced parrotfinch Fiji parrotfinch green-faced parrotfinch Mount Katanglad parrotfinch Papuan parrotfinch pink-billed parrotfinch pin-tailed parrotfinch red-headed parrotfinch

Questions

What does parrotfinch mean?
Any member of the genus Erythrura of small, colourful passerine birds, found in southeast Asia and Oceania.
Where does parrotfinch come from?
From parrot + finch.

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