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woodwall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wood-wall
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.

Etymology

From Middle English wodewale, of uncertain origin, probably from Old English, but perhaps from Middle Dutch wedewale with 1st element reanalyzed as from Middle English wode (“wood”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

woodwalls (plural) woodwale (alternative) woodwele (alternative)

Questions

What does woodwall mean?
The yaffle bird; the European green woodpecker.
Where does woodwall come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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