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standard-wing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
stan-dard--wing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of bird of paradise (Semioptera wallacii) having two long ornamental erectile lesser covert feathers on each wing.

Etymology

From standard + wing, with the sense of standard (“pennon, flag on a long pole”).

Inflected Forms

standard-wings (plural) standardwing (alternative)

Synonyms

standardwing bird-of-paradise Wallace's standard-wing

Questions

What does standard-wing mean?
A species of bird of paradise (Semioptera wallacii) having two long ornamental erectile lesser covert feathers on each wing.
Where does standard-wing come from?
From standard + wing, with the sense of standard (“pennon, flag on a long pole”).

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