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: fig--bird. The stress falls on "fig-".

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.