sharptailed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various birds with a somewhat pointed tail, such as the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) or sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus spp.).
Example Sentences
- "Le Conte's and sharptailed pass through on migration; grasshopper and Henslow's nest here."
- "Snow, cold weather or the same monotonous bill of fare which has tided the sharptaileds over winter do not prevent the lengthening days from awakening them to the fact that spring is near."