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rainbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
rain-bird
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the coucal species Centropus supercilliosus, Centropus cupreicadus, Centropus senegalensis.

noun

A grey warbler (Gerygone igata).

New Zealand usage

name

A surname from Old French.

Etymology

From rain + bird, from the sound of their call, a beautiful liquid gurgle rising and falling like water pouring from a bottle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

rainbirds (plural)

Questions

What does rainbird mean?
Any of the coucal species Centropus supercilliosus, Centropus cupreicadus, Centropus senegalensis.
Where does rainbird come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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