falklands fritillary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).
Example Sentences
- "One of the areas most attractive and scarce inhabitants is the tiny Falkland fritillary butterfly which flies 3-4" above ground on the rare occasions when the sun is out and the wind is blowing less than a gale!"
- "A speeies of butterfly which is fairly common to certain parts of the islands both on the West and East Falklands is the Queen of the Falkland fritillary (Issoria cytheris cytheris)."
- "Little rusty butterflies — the endemic Falkland fritillaries — jigged along close to the turf, as if fearful that a change in the weather could blow them away from their islands forever."
- "Or alternatively, but less plausibly, there could be a small breeding population on the islands which migrates to South America during the winter. Larger than the Falkland Fritillary and has a much swifter zig-zag flight."
- "I was blessed with two fine days in 1990 on Carcass Island and I was able to see the Falkland Fritillary in full flight in the more sheltered parts of the island."
- "One specimen of the Queen of the Falklands Fritillary butterfly was seen briefly on 12 January in bright sunshine."