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red-crowned crane

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
red-crowned crane
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grus japonensis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 丹頂鶴 /丹顶鹤 (dāndǐnghè).

Inflected Forms

red-crowned cranes (plural)

Synonyms

Manchurian crane Japanese crane

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does red-crowned crane mean?
Grus japonensis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to East Asia
Where does red-crowned crane come from?
Calque of Chinese 丹頂鶴 /丹顶鹤 (dāndǐnghè).

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