Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feather-legged bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er--legged bug
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.

Inflected Forms

feather-legged bugs (plural)

Questions

What does feather-legged bug mean?: Any insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.

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