Zyzzyva

See also: zyzzyva

Translingual

Etymology

The name was formally published, along with a description of the genus, by coleopterist Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. 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.

Proper noun

Zyzzyva f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – one the numerous genera of true weevils.

Trivia

• "Zyzzyva" is the last word in many English-language dictionaries.

Further reading

• Zyzzyva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zyzzyva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zyzzyva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons