Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papilio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: pa-pilio
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any butterfly of the genus Papilio.

Example Sentences

"At one place I would find a little crowd of the rare butterfly Tachyris zarinda, which would rise up at my approach, and display their vivid orange and cinnabar-red wings, while among them would flutter a few of the fine blue-banded Papilios."

Etymology

From the genus name and its source, Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papillon and pavilion.

Inflected Forms

papilios (plural) papiliones (plural)

Questions

What does papilio mean?: Any butterfly of the genus Papilio.
Where does papilio come from?: From the genus name and its source, Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papillon and pavilion.

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