swamp harrier
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A large hawk, Circus approximans, of Australia, New Zealand, and several Pacific islands.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "Other than the usual clamour of seabirds, ravens and swamp harriers, the only other birds of note in this area are orange-bellied parrots […] and a few black-faced cormorants that venture up from the tannin-stained waters of Bathurst Harbour."
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Inflected Forms
Synonyms
swamp hawk