Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wilson's storm petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: wilson's s-tor-m pe-trel
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.

Etymology

The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

Inflected Forms

Wilson's storm petrels (plural)

Synonyms

Wilson's petrel

Questions

What does wilson's storm petrel mean?: A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.
Where does wilson's storm petrel come from?: The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

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