Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featherwing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er-wing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the beetles of the family Ptiliidae.

Etymology

feather + wing, because of their narrow and feathery hindwings.

Inflected Forms

featherwings (plural)

Questions

What does featherwing mean?: Any of the beetles of the family Ptiliidae.
Where does featherwing come from?: feather + wing, because of their narrow and feathery hindwings.

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