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danaid eggfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
danaid eg-gfly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common species of nymphalid butterfly, Hypolimnas misippus, of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Americas.

Etymology

So called as they mimic the appearance of toxic danaid butterflies such as Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.

Inflected Forms

danaid eggflies (plural)

Questions

What does danaid eggfly mean?
A common species of nymphalid butterfly, Hypolimnas misippus, of tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Americas.
Where does danaid eggfly come from?
So called as they mimic the appearance of toxic danaid butterflies such as Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.

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