Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stork bite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: stork bite
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

nevus flammeus nuchae

Etymology

From the stork as imagined in folklore as the bringer of new babies, since the marking is congenital.

Inflected Forms

stork bites (plural)

Questions

What does stork bite mean?: nevus flammeus nuchae
Where does stork bite come from?: From the stork as imagined in folklore as the bringer of new babies, since the marking is congenital.

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