Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toothbill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tooth-bill
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris), a fruit-eating pigeon native to the Samoan Islands, somewhat resembling the extinct dodo.

Etymology

From tooth + bill.

Inflected Forms

toothbills (plural)

Synonyms

manumea

Questions

What does toothbill mean?: The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris), a fruit-eating pigeon native to the Samoan Islands, somewhat resembling the extinct dodo.
Where does toothbill come from?: From tooth + bill.

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