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caterpillar club

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
cater-pil-lar -club
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.

Etymology

From the fact that early parachutes were made of silk, produced by silkworms (which are a species of caterpillar).

Inflected Forms

the Caterpillar Club (canonical)

Phrases

Goldfish Club

Frequently Paired Words

Goldfish Club

Questions

What does caterpillar club mean?
An informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.
Where does caterpillar club come from?
From the fact that early parachutes were made of silk, produced by silkworms (which are a species of caterpillar).

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