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wood rail

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
wood rail
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various birds of species in genus Aramides, that inhabit mangroves, swamps and lowland forest in Central and South America.

Inflected Forms

wood rails (plural)

Phrases

brown wood rail giant wood rail grey-cowled wood rail grey-necked wood rail little wood rail Madagascar wood rail red-winged wood rail rufous-necked wood rail

Questions

What does wood rail mean?
Any of various birds of species in genus Aramides, that inhabit mangroves, swamps and lowland forest in Central and South America.

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