Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandwich tern

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: sand-wich tern
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Sandwich tern.

Etymology

From Sandwich in Kent, England, the type locality.

Inflected Forms

Sandwich terns (plural)

Questions

What does sandwich tern mean?: A species of tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis.
Where does sandwich tern come from?: From Sandwich in Kent, England, the type locality.

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