zyzzyva
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 43
- Words With Friends
- 42
- Letters
- 7
/ˈzɪzɪvə/
Definition of zyzzyva
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A tropical American weevil of the genus Zyzzyva.
“A zyzzyva is a weevil of the genus Zyzzyva.”
“Against the Yak, the zyzzyva zips He yammers, has yaws, he yawns and he yips”
“Everything on earth has an end, for your mortally thin dictionary, the tropical, American weevil, the Zyzzyva.”
“No wonder you wanted to look it up. A zyzzyva is a weevil.”
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Etymology
From the name of the genus, translingual Zyzzyva.
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