Definitions for Hyla

Hyla hy·la

Spelling: [hahy-luh]
IPA: /ˈhaɪ lə/

Hyla is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in Hyla (ahly).

Definitions for Hyla

noun

  1. a tree frog of the genus Hyla.

Origin of Hyla

New Latin (1768), the genus name; Latin Hyla, vocative of Hylās Hylas, a companion of Hercules, alluding to the classical legend of his death in a fountain and the repeated cries made by thos

Examples for Hyla

The hyla's tremulous cry was the only musical sound to be heard.

hyla was a labourer in the mint, and under the orders of Lewin the Jew.

It was at the order of Pierce that hyla had been fishing that evening.

Sometimes as in hyla and Alytes there is a fronto-parietal fontanelle.

hyla, serf and thrall to him, has had never a word of record until now.

hyla said nothing for a minute, but remained still and motionless.

"Pierce said that I might have some fish to take home," hyla told her humbly.

Page 91, note 8, line 15, for Styla read hyla in both instances.

It was thus that the serfs lived, and hyla skirted the fold till he came to his own house.

The circle was broken up, and only Cerdic and Harl sat there waiting hyla's return.

Word Value for Hyla
Scrable

10

Words with friends

9

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