woolly bear
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Caryæ is not a woolly bear, but is quite as densely covered with hairs and crawls quite as fast as any woolly bear."
- "It may be added that during 1919 a different woolly bear (Teracotoma submaculata Wk.) was noticeably abundant and mischievous in the gardens at Port Elizabeth."
- "The true Australian Tiger-Moths are few in number, the wings mostly white with dark spots and the body often red. Ardices glatignyi is a very common and typical species. The larva is a typeical "Woolly Bear," reddish brown in colour and very hairy."
- "Kellogg calls it the 'wooliest woolly bear,' and notes that 'hedgehog' is a popular name."
- "In spring a Woolly Bear spins a cocoon made out of its woolly hair. It uses its silk to hold the hairs together. The adult moth emerges several weeks later."
- "As Bourne came out, he could see shells exploding by the dump, with some shrapnel bursting, woolly-bears they called them, overhead."