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starthroat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
starthroat
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any hummingbird of the genus Heliomaster, with throat feathers having a glittering lustre.

Etymology

From star + throat.

Inflected Forms

starthroats (plural)

Phrases

blue-tufted starthroat long-billed starthroat plain-capped starthroat stripe-breasted starthroat

Questions

What does starthroat mean?
Any hummingbird of the genus Heliomaster, with throat feathers having a glittering lustre.
Where does starthroat come from?
From star + throat.

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