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pinnock

pinnock noun: prunella modularis, the dunnock.

Noun

pinnock (plural pinnocks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Prunella modularis, the dunnock.
  2. (obsolete) The bearded tit.

Proper noun capitalized: Pinnock

Pinnock (plural Pinnocks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of pinnock

Noun
pluralpinnocks
Proper noun
pluralPinnocks

Origin of pinnock

Unknown. Perhaps from a base pin, of unknown origin + -ock (diminutive suffix).

Questions about pinnock

What does pinnock mean?
Pinnock means prunella modularis, the dunnock.
What part of speech is pinnock?
Pinnock can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pinnock?
The plural of pinnock is pinnocks.

Words near pinnock in the dictionary

  1. pinnipedimorph
  2. pinnipedimorphs
  3. pinnipeds
  4. Pinnix
  5. Pinnixes
  6. pinnock
  7. pinnocks
  8. pinnoite
  9. pinnoites
  10. pinnothere
  11. pinnotheres

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