Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brown drake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: brown -drake
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.

Example Sentences

"On the South Fork of the Snake River, I begin to see brown drakes on the surface starting in May. […] the Snake does not have many brown drakes, due to a lack of ideal riverbed substrate."

Inflected Forms

brown drakes (plural)

Questions

What does brown drake mean?: The lake fly Ephemera simulans, a large mayfly.

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