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scolopacine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scolopacine
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.

adj

Or, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of sandpipers; sandpiper-like.

noun

Any sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae, a scolopacid

noun

Any sandpiper of the scolopacid subfamily Scolopacinae

Etymology

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scolopax, σκολόπαξ

Inflected Forms

scolopacines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

scolopacid

Questions

What does scolopacine mean?
Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
Where does scolopacine come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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