Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

riflebird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-flebird
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.

Etymology

From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

Inflected Forms

riflebirds (plural)

Synonyms

ptiloris paradisea

Questions

What does riflebird mean?: Any of four species of birds of paradise in the genus Ptiloris.
Where does riflebird come from?: From rifle + bird, from the resemblance of their black and green plumage to the uniform of early nineteenth-century British army riflemen.

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