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spinetail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spine-tail
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.

noun

Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

noun

A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).

American usage

Etymology

From spine + tail.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spinetails (plural)

Derived Forms

Other

Phrases

in Apodinae bat-like spinetail black spinetail Böhm's spinetail Cassin's spinetail Madagascan spinetail Madagascar spinetail Malagasy spinetail

Frequently Paired Words

needletail

Questions

What does spinetail mean?
Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
Where does spinetail come from?
From spine + tail.

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