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mosquito fern

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
mosquito fern
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any in the genus Azolla of aquatic ferns.

Etymology

From the belief that no mosquito can penetrate the coating to lay its eggs in the water.

Inflected Forms

mosquito ferns (plural)

Synonyms

azolla duckweed fern fairy moss water fern floating fern carolina pond fern azolla caroliniana

Questions

What does mosquito fern mean?
Any in the genus Azolla of aquatic ferns.
Where does mosquito fern come from?
From the belief that no mosquito can penetrate the coating to lay its eggs in the water.

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