Speakur

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spiketail

/ˈspaɪkteɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spike-tail
IPA
/ˈspaɪkteɪl/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pintail duck (Anas spp.).

American usage

noun

Any member of the species of the family Cordulegastridae dragonfly.

noun

Any member of any species of genus Stachyurus of deciduous shrubs or small trees, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia.

Etymology

From spike + tail.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spiketails (plural)

Phrases

American spiketail Apache spiketail arrowhead spiketail brown spiketail Chinese spiketail cloudforest spiketail delta-spotted spiketail early spiketail

Synonyms

biddie flying adder

Questions

How do you pronounce spiketail?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspaɪkteɪl/.
What does spiketail mean?
A pintail duck (Anas spp.).
Where does spiketail come from?
From spike + tail.

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