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whalebird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whalebird
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.

noun

The sooty tern

Australian usage

Etymology

From whale + bird, because they have been known to follow whaling vessels to feed on the blubber and floating oil.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whalebirds (plural)

Questions

What does whalebird mean?
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.
Where does whalebird come from?
From whale + bird, because they have been known to follow whaling vessels to feed on the blubber and floating oil.

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