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hairstreak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
hairstreak
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.

Etymology

From hair + streak.

Inflected Forms

hairstreaks (plural)

Phrases

black hairstreak brown hairstreak gray hairstreak green hairstreak inland hairstreak purple hairstreak Watson's hairstreak white-letter hairstreak

Synonyms

hairstreak butterfly

Questions

What does hairstreak mean?
Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
Where does hairstreak come from?
From hair + streak.

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