Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

box kite spider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: box kite spi-der
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any orbweaver in the genus Isoxya of tropical Africa.

Etymology

box kite + spider, after the spiders' somewhat rectangular thoraxes.

Inflected Forms

box kite spiders (plural)

Questions

What does box kite spider mean?: Any orbweaver in the genus Isoxya of tropical Africa.
Where does box kite spider come from?: box kite + spider, after the spiders' somewhat rectangular thoraxes.

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