Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippo fly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: hip-po fly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.

Inflected Forms

hippo flies (plural)

Questions

What does hippo fly mean?: A species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.

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