Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pickmire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pick-mire
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The peewit, or black-headed gull.

British usage; Archaic

Etymology

From pick + mire, so called from its picking its food from the mire.

Usage

British usage
Archaic

Inflected Forms

pickmires (plural)

Questions

What does pickmire mean?: The peewit, or black-headed gull.
Where does pickmire come from?: From pick + mire, so called from its picking its food from the mire.

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