Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hummingbird hawkmoth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: hum-ming-bird hawk-moth
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various sphingid moths of the genus Macroglossum, especially Macroglossum stellatarum, which, like hummingbirds, hover in front of flowers to feed.

Inflected Forms

hummingbird hawkmoths (plural)

Questions

What does hummingbird hawkmoth mean?: Any of various sphingid moths of the genus Macroglossum, especially Macroglossum stellatarum, which, like hummingbirds, hover in front of flowers to feed.

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