Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tasmanian emu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: tas-ma-ni-an e-mu
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extinct subspecies of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis, once endemic to Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene.

Example Sentences

"The were followed into oblivion by their neighbours the Tasmanian emus (diemenensis) some fifty years later."

Inflected Forms

Tasmanian emus (plural)

Questions

What does tasmanian emu mean?: An extinct subspecies of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis, once endemic to Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene.

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