Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jerrymunglum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jer-ry-munglum
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)

British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"The well known Galeodes, is very common in arid countries, and is popularly known as a "Jerrymunglum." It is a harmless arthropod."
"Your correspondence about contests staged between scorpions and spiders recalls a small military cantonment in Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1893. We were a small community, and one of our after-dinner amusements was to stage jerrymunglum v. Scorpion contests within the confines of an inverted finger bowl."
"Jerrymunglums are relatives of the spiders and scorpions and are not true insects."

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

jerrymunglums (plural)

Synonyms

camel spider

Questions

What does jerrymunglum mean?: Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)

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