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porphyrio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-phyrio
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A swamphen.

Etymology

From the genus name Porphyrio.

Inflected Forms

porphyrios (plural)

Questions

What does porphyrio mean?
A swamphen.
Where does porphyrio come from?
From the genus name Porphyrio.

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