Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zimb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zimb
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The illustrious Bruce and others imagine, that in the zimb of Abyssinia they recognize the fly plague which afflicted the Egyptians."
"The zimb-fly sometimes depopulates whole territories, causing man and beast to fly from the lowlands into the mountains or the desert. Both the scorpion and locust infest the country."

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ዝምብ (zəmb), ዝንብ (zənb).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

zimbs (plural)

Synonyms

zebub

Questions

What does zimb mean?: An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.
Where does zimb come from?: Borrowed from Amharic ዝምብ (zəmb), ዝንብ (zənb).

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