Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small blue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
smal-l- blue
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small butterfly, Cupido minimus, of the lycaenid subfamily Polyommatinae, the blues

British usage

noun

A very small butterfly, Philotiella speciosa, of the lycaenid subfamily Polyommatinae, the blues

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

small blues (plural)

Questions

What does small blue mean?
A very small butterfly, Cupido minimus, of the lycaenid subfamily Polyommatinae, the blues

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