Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longwing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-wing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae.

noun

A falcon of a particular class used in falconry.

Etymology

From long + wing.

Inflected Forms

longwings (plural)

Phrases

cydno longwing

Synonyms

heliconian

Questions

What does longwing mean?: Any of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae.
Where does longwing come from?: From long + wing.

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