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black earwig

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
black- ear-wig
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any earwig in the subfamily Chelisochinae.

Inflected Forms

black earwigs (plural)

Questions

What does black earwig mean?
Any earwig in the subfamily Chelisochinae.

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