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scolopaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scolopa-ceous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a snipe.

Etymology

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”) + -aceous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does scolopaceous mean?
Resembling a snipe.
Where does scolopaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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