Zyzzyva Definition
zĭzə-və
noun
Any of several tropical American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva.
American Heritage
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae "” one the numerous true weevils.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Zyzzyva
Noun
Singular:
zyzzyva
Plural:
zyzzyvasOrigin of Zyzzyva
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The name was formally published, along with a description of the genus, by coleopterist Thomas Casey in 1922. Since there's no word remotely like this in either Greek or Latin, Casey probably just made up a name that would appear at the end of alphabetical lists.
From Wiktionary
New Latin Zyzzyva genus name probably from Zyzza former genus of leafhoppers
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the name of the genus, Zyzzyva
From Wiktionary
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