fig-bird

1. 1.

   greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits

   BroaderOld World oriole

   Part ofSphecotheres

Questions about fig-bird

What does fig-bird mean?

fig-bird means "greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits".

How many syllables are in fig-bird?

fig-bird has 2 syllables and divides as fig--bird 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.

Is fig-bird a common word?

fig-bird 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.