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umbrellabird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
um-brellabird
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large tropical cotinga of the genus Cephalopterus found in the forests of South America, with black plumage, a radiating crest on the top of its head, vaguely resembling an umbrella, and typically long wattles.

Etymology

From umbrella + bird.

Inflected Forms

umbrellabirds (plural)

Questions

What does umbrellabird mean?
A large tropical cotinga of the genus Cephalopterus found in the forests of South America, with black plumage, a radiating crest on the top of its head, vaguely resembling an umbrella, and typically long wattles.
Where does umbrellabird come from?
From umbrella + bird.

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