Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tityra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tityra
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird of the genus Tityra.

Example Sentences

"In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common."

Etymology

Originally a genus name used for the Black-tailed Tityra, Tityra cayana, of South America, referring to the rustic shepherd character Tityrus in Virgil's Eclogues, in allusion to the noisy, aggressive behaviour of the bird.

Inflected Forms

tityras (plural)

Questions

What does tityra mean?: A bird of the genus Tityra.
Where does tityra come from?: Originally a genus name used for the Black-tailed Tityra, Tityra cayana, of South America, referring to the rustic shepherd character Tityrus in Virgil's Eclogues, in allusion to the noisy, aggressive behaviour of the bird.

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