Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tapaculo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tapac-u-lo
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.

Etymology

From Spanish tapaculo.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tapaculo

Inflected Forms

tapaculos (plural) tapacolo (alternative)

Questions

What does tapaculo mean?: Any member of the family Rhinocryptidae of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.
Where does tapaculo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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