Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rat flood

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: rat flood
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large invasion of black rats caused by the flowering of the bamboo Melocanna baccifera every 48 years in parts of India.

Indian usage

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

rat floods (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Mautam Thingtam

Questions

What does rat flood mean?: A large invasion of black rats caused by the flowering of the bamboo Melocanna baccifera every 48 years in parts of India.

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