Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turnus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: tur-nus
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.

Example Sentences

"The Turnus is perhaps the most beautiful of our butterflies […]"

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

turnuses (plural)

Questions

What does turnus mean?: Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.

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