Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flav

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: flav
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler mayfly found in Central and North America as far north as Canada, used in fly fishing.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Flavs (Small Green Drakes, or Flavilineas) Family : Ephemerellidae Genus : Drunella […]"
"DRAKES AND FLAVILINEA / Where found, green drakes and “flavs” make trout dumber than a box of rocks. Of course, when they occur in early summer[…]"
"I consider the flav (commonly known as the lesser or small western green drake) to be the most important drake found in the Snake River watershed. From my own informal research within the watershed, this drake is far more common than any other drake. Flavs are crawlers as nymphs, and the streambed of the entire river and of almost every tributary is conducive to crawler nymphs. I find flavilinea nymphs almost everywhere I fish in the Snake River corridor."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

flavs (plural)

Synonyms

small green drake lesser green drake small western green drake

Questions

What does flav mean?: A member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler mayfly found in Central and North America as far north as Canada, used in fly fishing.

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