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psittacine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
psittacine
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to parrots.

noun

Any bird in the order Psittaciformes: a parrot.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós) + -ine. By surface analysis, psittac- + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

psittacines (plural)

Synonyms

parrot

Questions

What does psittacine mean?
Of or pertaining to parrots.
Where does psittacine come from?
From Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós) + -ine. By surface analysis, psittac- + -ine.

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