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franklin's bumblebee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
franklin's bum-ble-bee
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bombus franklini, an endangered bee of the western United States.

Etymology

Named after American entomologist Henry J. Franklin, who monographed many bees throughout North & South America in the early 20th century.

Inflected Forms

Franklin's bumblebees (plural)

Questions

What does franklin's bumblebee mean?
Bombus franklini, an endangered bee of the western United States.
Where does franklin's bumblebee come from?
Named after American entomologist Henry J. Franklin, who monographed many bees throughout North & South America in the early 20th century.

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