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pigeonwing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pi-geon-wing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.

noun

An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.

noun

A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.

noun

A certain fancy figure in skating.

noun

A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.

Etymology

From pigeon + wing.

Inflected Forms

pigeonwings (plural)

Phrases

cut the pigeon wing

Frequently Paired Words

cut the pigeon wing

Questions

What does pigeonwing mean?
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
Where does pigeonwing come from?
From pigeon + wing.

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