Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wedge-tailed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: wedge--tailed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe , under Wood .

Questions

What does wedge-tailed mean?: Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe , under Wood .

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