Sunday, June 30, 2013

Zyzzyva

Zyzzyva is the last word in most of the American dictionaries. Zyzzyva is a South American weevil  discovered by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr, an entomologist in Brazil in 1922. It is believed that he named the weevil Zyzzyva as a joke so it would show up at the end of most related guides and manuals.  It is very destructive to plants, primarily palms.

Here is a picture:



Thanks to wikipedia for the picture.

Oh - it makes me itch!!!


1 comment:

  1. all of my Words with Friends had better watch out now!

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