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Definition: Railroad Worm |
Railroad WormNoun1. Larvae bore into and feed on apples. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Railroad WormSynonym: apple maggot (n). (additional references) |
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The adult stage lays its eggs inside fruit, typically apples. Before the arrival of apples from Europe, it typically had to rely on crabapples and hawthorns. The young "worm" that hatches consumes the fruit, and causes it to bruise and drop before ripening. It only emerges after metamorphosis into a relatively defenseless fly. At this point, its main method of defense is its appearance - its coloration is similar to that of the jumping spider.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Railroad worm."
| Language | Translations for "railroad worm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | aebleflue (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Finnish | omenakärpänen (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
French | mouche de la pomme, larve de la pomme. (various references) | |
German | Apfelfruchtfliege (apple maggot, large fruit fly), Apfelfliege (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Greek | ραγολέτης της μηλιάς (apple maggot, large fruit fly), μύγα της μηλιάς (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Italian | mosca delle mele (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailroadray ormway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mosca de fruta (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Spanish | mosca de las manzanas (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
Swedish | amerikansk äppelfluga (apple maggot, large fruit fly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mouche des fruits, Rhagoletis pomonella, Spilographa pomonella, Zonosema pomonella. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-l-m-o-o-r-r-r-w" | |
-4 letters: armorial, railroad, wardroom. | |
-5 letters: admiral, airward, armload, diorama, lordoma, malodor, mirador, warlord, warrior, woorali, woorari. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 69 6C 72 6F 61 64 57 6F 72 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01101001 01101100 01110010 01101111 01100001 01100100 00100000 01010111 01101111 01110010 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a i l r o a d   W o r m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0069 006C 0072 006F 0061 0064 0057 006F 0072 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5267757884816770257818479 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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