takahe

Questions about takahe

What does takahe mean?

takahe means "flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules".

How many syllables are in takahe?

takahe has 2 syllables and divides as ta-kahe 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 takahe?

Close synonyms include notornis, Notornis mantelli. 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 takahe a common word?

takahe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.