waracabra
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] it may be a lithe, graceful ocelot, so intent on stalking an unsuspecting bush-turkey or a sleepy monkey that your nearness is unnoticed; or again it may be a flock of trumpet-birds or waracabras feeding and dancing in some tiny open glade."
- "Frequently the growling of our lorry would frighten up coveys of waracabra—black jungle birds somewhat resembling guinea fowls, but with larger and longer legs."
- "The Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is distributed north of the Amazon River, in Ecuador, Colombia, south Venezuela, north-east Brazil, north-eastern Peru and the Guianas. Locally the species is known as ‘Waracabra‘."
Etymology
From Lokono warakaba.
Word Breakdown
- Root: warakaba