blackpoll

Questions about blackpoll

What does blackpoll mean?

blackpoll means "North American warbler having a black-and-white head".

How many syllables are in blackpoll?

blackpoll has 2 syllables and divides as black-poll under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for blackpoll?

Close synonyms include Dendroica striate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blackpoll a common word?

blackpoll is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.