Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snake doctor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: snake -doc-tor
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Etymology

From a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured.

Inflected Forms

snake doctors (plural)

Synonyms

dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder mosquito hawk skeeter hawk

Questions

What does snake doctor mean?: A dragonfly.
Where does snake doctor come from?: From a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured.

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