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south-southerly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

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noun

Archaic

Imitative of its cry.

south-southerlies (plural)

southerly

What does south-southerly mean?: A long-tailed duck of species Clangula hyemalis.
Where does south-southerly come from?: Imitative of its cry.

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