Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bat hawk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: bat hawk
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slender, long-winged raptor of species Macheiramphus alcinus, found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea, and having a diet of mainly bats.

Inflected Forms

bat hawks (plural)

Questions

What does bat hawk mean?: A slender, long-winged raptor of species Macheiramphus alcinus, found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea, and having a diet of mainly bats.

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