Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sicklebill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sick-lebill
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several birds of paradise (Drepanornis spp., Epimachus spp.) and hummingbirds (Eutoxeres spp.) with a sickle-shaped bill.

Etymology

From sickle + bill.

Inflected Forms

sicklebills (plural)

Phrases

black-billed sicklebill black sicklebill brown sicklebill buff-tailed sicklebill pale-billed sicklebill white-tipped sicklebull

Questions

What does sicklebill mean?: Any of several birds of paradise (Drepanornis spp., Epimachus spp.) and hummingbirds (Eutoxeres spp.) with a sickle-shaped bill.
Where does sicklebill come from?: From sickle + bill.

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