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Babiroussa

Definition: Babiroussa

Babiroussa

Noun

1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "babiroussa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)

Synonyms: Babiroussa

Synonyms: babirusa (n), babirussa (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Babiroussa

English words defined with "babiroussa": Stag hog. (references)

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Modern Usage: Babiroussa

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Movie/TV Titles

Babyroussa the Babiroussa (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Babiroussa

Language Translations for "babiroussa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

babirussa (Babirusa, babirussa), hjortesvin (babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Babiroesa (babirusa, babirussa), Hertzwijn (babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

French

  

Babirussa (Babirusa, babirussa), Babiroussa (babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

German

  

Celebes-Hirscheber (Babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ινδική χοιρέλαφος (Babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Babirussa (babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abiroussabay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

babirussa (babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

babirusa (Babirusa, babirussa). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Babiroussa

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Latin500 BCE-Modern

Babyrussa babyrussa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Babiroussa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-i-o-r-s-s-u"

-1 letter: babirusas.

-2 letters: abrosias, babirusa.

-3 letters: abrosia, absorbs, babassu, busbars, isobars, souaris.

-4 letters: absorb, airbus, bursas, busbar, isobar, rabbis, sabirs, sabras, souari, urbias.

-5 letters: abbas, abris, arias, arsis, assai, auras, auris, babas, babus, barbs, basis, bassi, basso, boars, boras, brass, brios, buras, burbs, bursa, isbas, oasis, obias, ossia, rabbi, raias, risus, sabir, sabra, saris, saros, sibbs, soars, soras, sorbs, sorus, sours, subas, suras, urbia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Babiroussa


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 62 69 72 6F 75 73 73 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    -...    ..    .-.    ---    ..-    ...    ...    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01100010 01101001 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 01110011 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#98 &#105 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#115 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0062 0069 0072 006F 0075 0073 0073 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36676875848187858567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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