Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying handkerchief

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing hand-ker-chief
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African swallowtail butterfly, Papilio dardanus, with white wings reminiscent of a handkerchief.

Inflected Forms

flying handkerchiefs (plural)

Synonyms

mocker swallowtail African swallowtail

Questions

What does flying handkerchief mean?: An African swallowtail butterfly, Papilio dardanus, with white wings reminiscent of a handkerchief.

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