Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spinebill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spinebill
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.

Etymology

From spine + bill, possibly as a calque of translingual Acanthorhynchus, which was coined at around the same time.

Inflected Forms

spinebills (plural) spine-bill (alternative)

Questions

What does spinebill mean?: Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.
Where does spinebill come from?: From spine + bill, possibly as a calque of translingual Acanthorhynchus, which was coined at around the same time.

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