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salt-marsh caterpillar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
salt--marsh -cater-pil-lar
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hairy larva of an arctiid moth.

Inflected Forms

salt-marsh caterpillars (plural)

Questions

What does salt-marsh caterpillar mean?
The hairy larva of an arctiid moth.

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