Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yucca borer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: yuc-ca -bor-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae).

noun

A large moth-like butterfly (skipper), Megathymus yuccae of the family Hesperiidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.

Inflected Forms

yucca borers (plural)

Questions

What does yucca borer mean?: Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae).

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