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parrotlet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
par-rot-let
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A miniature parrot of the New World of the genera Forpus, Nannopsittaca and Touit.

Etymology

From parrot + -let.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

parrotlets (plural)

Synonyms

parrotling

Questions

What does parrotlet mean?
A miniature parrot of the New World of the genera Forpus, Nannopsittaca and Touit.
Where does parrotlet come from?
From parrot + -let.

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