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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mourning cloak

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
mourn-ing -cloak
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark cloak worn by a mourner at a funeral.

Obsolete

noun

A large butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, native to Eurasia and North America.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

mourning cloaks (plural)

Synonyms

Camberwell beauty mourning cloak butterfly nymphalis antiopa

Questions

What does mourning cloak mean?
A dark cloak worn by a mourner at a funeral.

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