Noun

(en noun)

A tropical American weevil of the genus Zyzzyva .

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, year = 1976 , first = Edward , last = Stevens , title = The Religion Game, American Style , isbn = 9780809119516 , lccn = 76009367 , ol = 4880944M , location = New York , publisher = Paulist Press , page = 87 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=JSYYAAAAIAAJ&dq=zyzzyva , passage = A zyzzyva is a weevil of the genus Zyzzyva. }}

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, date = 2003-05-30 , title = Ambrosia for Afters , first = Kalpana , last = Swaminathan , publisher = Penguin Books , location = New Delhi; New York , isbn = 9780143028796 , lccn = 2003323560 , oclc = 54529400 , ol = 3716564M , page = 43 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=yM5lAAAAMAAJ&dq=zyzzyva , passage = Against the Yak, the zyzzyva zips
He yammers, has yaws, he yawns and he yips }}

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, date = 2007-08-30 , title = King Size , first = Otto , last = Mann , publisher = Lulu.com , isbn = 9781430311690 , page = 118 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=hdugWhtfvIcC&pg=PT118&dq=zyzzyva , passage = Everything on earth has an end, for your mortally thin dictionary, the tropical, American weevil, the Zyzzyva . }}

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, date = 2010-09-07 , title = Loco Motive: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery , first = Mary , last = Daheim , edition = First , publisher = HarperCollins , isbn = 9780061351563 , lccn = 2010011922 , ol = 24085984M , page = 240 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=MnS1IHKV_hoC&pg=PA240&dq=zyzzyva , passage = No wonder you wanted to look it up. A zyzzyva is a weevil. }}