whalehead
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of shoebill (wading bird)
noun
A type of sand dune in North Carolina.
Example Sentences
- "The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics."
- "The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward."
- "Huge dunes, called “whaleheads” by locals, developed on Hatteras during this time and swept across the island."