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Definition: GLAUCUS |
GLAUCUSNoun1. A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white. |
Date "GLAUCUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Glaucus \Glau"cus\, noun. [Latin expression, sea green.]. (Websters 1913) |
"GLAUCUS" is a common misspelling or typo for: glacis, glucose. |
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Literature | Glaucus (of Bœotia). A fisherman who instructed Apollo in soothsaying. He jumped into the sea, and became a marine god. Milton alludes to him in his Comus (line 895): "[By] old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Glaucus (Another). In Latin, Glaucus alter. One who ruins himself by horses. The tale is that Glaucus, son of Sisyphus, would not allow his horses to breed, and the goddess of Love so infuriated them that they killed him. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: GLAUCUS |
| English words defined with "GLAUCUS": Blue mold ♦ gray whale ♦ Isurus glaucus ♦ Turnus ♦ Zigadenus glaucus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GLAUCUS": Blue Fish, Blue Mould ♦ Diomedean Swop ♦ Sea Deities. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "GLAUCUS": Glauconite, Glaucous. (references) |
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 | Plate 11. The Finback of the Pacific. Balaenoptera velifera, Cope. The California Gray Whale, or Devil-Fish. Rhachianectes glaucus, Cope.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 106. The Banner Pompano. Trachynotus glaucus, C. & V.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Closeup of a large seagull - Larus glaucus. Plate VI, print 14. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ||
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Expressions using "GLAUCUS": aspergillus glaucus ♦ Carcharhinus glaucus ♦ Isurus glaucus ♦ Jasoniades glaucus ♦ Larus glaucus ♦ Papilio glaucus ♦ Papilio or Jasoniades glaucus ♦ Rhachianectes glaucus ♦ Zigadenus glaucus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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glaucus scylla | 3 |
glaucus papilio | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "GLAUCUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | blågrøn gåsefod (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | zeegroene ganzevoet (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | sinisavikka (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | chénopode glauque (glaucus goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | graugruener Gaensefuss (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | χηνοπόδιο το γλαυκό (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aucusglay blåmålla (glaucus goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot). (various references) | ||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Chenopodium glaucum L.. (various references) |
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| Words rhyming with "GLAUCUS" (pronounced 'Glau"cus'): Abaciscus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Discus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Gale-opithecus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, Trochiscus, Truncus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-l-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: cauls, clags, luaus, usual. | |
-3 letters: caul, clag, gals, guls, lacs, lags, luau, lugs, saul, scag, slag, slug, sulu, ulus. | |
-4 letters: als, gal, gas, gul, lac, lag, las, lug, sac, sag, sal, sau, ulu. | |
-5 letters: ag, al, as, la, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-l-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: glaucous. | |
+2 letters: chugalugs, coagulums. | |
+4 letters: calcifugous. | |
+5 letters: agricultures, auscultating, courageously, glaucousness, mucilaginous, pugnaciously, ungraciously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 41 55 43 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. .- ..- -.-. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01000001 01010101 01000011 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L A U C U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0041 0055 0043 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41463555375553 |
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