Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water crow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter crow
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dipper (bird).

noun

The coot, especially the Eurasian coot.

Etymology

So called in allusion to its dark plumage.

Inflected Forms

water crows (plural)

Questions

What does water crow mean?: The dipper (bird).
Where does water crow come from?: So called in allusion to its dark plumage.

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