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deathbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
death-bird
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tengmalm's owl (Nyctala tengmalmi)

Etymology

From a superstition of some North American Indians that it presages death. Compare Salentino Sicilian oceddu de la morte (“owl”, literally “death bird”) and Malagasy vorondolo (“owl”, literally “ghost bird”).

Inflected Forms

deathbirds (plural)

Questions

What does deathbird mean?
Tengmalm's owl (Nyctala tengmalmi)
Where does deathbird come from?
From a superstition of some North American Indians that it presages death. Compare Salentino Sicilian oceddu de la morte (“owl”, literally “death bird”) and Malagasy vorondolo (“owl”, literally “ghost bird”).

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