Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pectoral sandpiper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: pec-toral sand-piper
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

Inflected Forms

pectoral sandpipers (plural)

Synonyms

jacksnipe calidris melanotos

Questions

What does pectoral sandpiper mean?: Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

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