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Definition: PROBOSCIDIFERA |
PROBOSCIDIFERANoun plural1. A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera. 2. An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle. |
Etymology: Proboscidifera \Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Proboscis, and -ferous.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Words rhyming with "PROBOSCIDIFERA" (pronounced 'Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra'): Abra, Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Acetabulifera, Agora, Agouara, Alhambra, Almagra, Amphineura, Amphora, Anaphora, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Aplacophora, Appoggiatura, Aptera, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Barbara, Basommatophora, Brachelytra, Brachyptera, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Calyptra, Camara, Camorra, Capibara, Capra, Capybara, Caracara, Carnivora, Cathedra, Cephalophora, Cephaloptera, Cesura, Chara, Cheiroptera, Chelicera, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-f-i-i-o-o-p-r-r-s" | |
-4 letters: airproofed, crispbread, parricides, proofreads, proscribed, scoreboard. | |
-5 letters: airproofs, aperiodic, cirripeds, codifiers, corrodies, disrepair, firebirds, opacified, opacifies, pacifiers, parricide, picadores, proofread, proscribe, ricebirds, scarified, scarifier, scorified, soporific, sporicide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 4F 42 4F 53 43 49 44 49 46 45 52 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. --- -... --- ... -.-. .. -.. .. ..-. . .-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001111 01000010 01001111 01010011 01000011 01001001 01000100 01001001 01000110 01000101 01010010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R O B O S C I D I F E R A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 004F 0042 004F 0053 0043 0049 0044 0049 0046 0045 0052 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5052493649533743384340395235 |
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