Associations to the word «Zyzzyva»

Wiktionary

ZYZZYVA, noun. A tropical American weevil of the genus Zyzzyva.
ZYZZYVA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae   — one the numerous true weevils.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats