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pygarg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
py-garg
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.

noun

A bird, the osprey.

Etymology

From Latin pygargus from Ancient Greek πύγαργος (púgargos), a compound of Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump”) + ἀργός (argós, “white”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pygargs (plural)

Questions

What does pygarg mean?
An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.
Where does pygarg come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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