Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenops

/ˈzinɑps/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xenops
IPA: /ˈzinɑps/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America.

Example Sentences

"PLAIN XENOPS Xenops minutus 12cm Separable from other xenopses by lack of streaking (check this carefully!). Short, level series of 4-5 very high, piercing notes. Understorey of humid forest and woodland. <1,000m, locally higher."
"[...] xenopses hang chickadeelike while searching the underside of a leaf. Ovenbirds of various species are often members of mixed foraging flocks. Woodcreepers were once placed in their own family, the Dendrocolaptidae, but are now grouped[…]"
"Xenopses can hammer! The xenops has an upturned beak that it uses to hammer into decaying wood, to look for insects."

Etymology

From translingual Xenops, from Ancient Greek.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Xenops, -

Inflected Forms

xenopses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce xenops?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzinɑps/.
What does xenops mean?: Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America.
Where does xenops come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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