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ANTHRENUS

Definition: ANTHRENUS

ANTHRENUS

Noun

1. A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Anthrenus \An*thre"nus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression hornet.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: ANTHRENUS

English words defined with "ANTHRENUS": Anthrenus scrophulariaeCarpet beetle, Carpet bugSkin moth. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ANTHRENUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bear cub, carpet beetle, koala bear, teddy bear, woolly, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar, woolly mammoth).

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Expressions: ANTHRENUS

Expressions using "ANTHRENUS": Anthrenus scrophulariae Anthrenus varius. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: ANTHRENUS

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

Spanish

  

antreno (carpet beetle, woolly bear). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ANTHRENUS"

Words rhyming with "ANTHRENUS" (pronounced 'An*thre"nus'): Agnus, Alumnus, Anus, Bonus, Cincinnus, Clonus, Conus, Cothurnus, Cygnus, Echinus, genus, Janus, Marbrinus, Onus, Pandanus, Pannus, Pignus, Pinus, subgenus, Tabanus, tonus, Turnus, Uncinus, Varanus, Venus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ANTHRENUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-n-r-s-t-u"

-1 letter: haunters, unearths, urethans.

-2 letters: anthers, haunter, hunters, natures, saunter, shunner, shunter, stunner, tanners, thenars, unearth, urethan.

-3 letters: anenst, anther, antres, astern, earths, hasten, haters, haunts, hausen, hearts, hennas, hunter, nature, santur, snathe, sterna, sunnah, suntan, tanner, thanes, thenar, tuners, unhats, unrent, unrest, unseat, unsent, urates.

-4 letters: anent, antes, antre, ashen, aster, aunts, aures, earns.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-n-r-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: untarnished.

 

+3 letters: neurasthenia, neurasthenic, transhumance.

 

+4 letters: heartburnings, housetraining, neurasthenias, neurasthenics, transhumances, unearthliness.

 

+5 letters: anthraquinones, counterchanges, countershading.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ANTHRENUS


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

41 4E 54 48 52 45 4E 55 53

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)

01000001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01010010 01000101 01001110 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#78 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#69 &#78 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004E 0054 0048 0052 0045 004E 0055 0053

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

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

354854425239485553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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