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Definition: Crotalus |
CrotalusNoun1. Large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Crotalus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonym: CrotalusSynonym: genus Crotalus (n). (additional references) |
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Expressions using "Crotalus": Crotalus adamanteus ♦ Crotalus atrox ♦ Crotalus cerastes ♦ Crotalus horridus ♦ Crotalus horridus atricaudatus ♦ Crotalus horridus horridus ♦ Crotalus lepidus ♦ Crotalus mitchellii ♦ Crotalus or Caudisona tergemina ♦ Crotalus scutulatus ♦ Crotalus tergemina ♦ Crotalus tigris ♦ Crotalus viridis ♦ genus Crotalus. 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crotalus | 18 |
atrox crotalus | 9 |
crotalus cerastes | 7 |
crotalus viridis | 6 |
crotalus horridus | 5 |
crotalus durissus | 4 |
crotalus scutulatus | 3 |
crotalus scutulatus scutulatus | 3 |
crotalus unicolor | 2 |
crotalus ruber | 2 |
adamanteus crotalus | 2 |
crotalus vegrandis | 2 |
crotalus tigris | 2 |
crotalus molossus | 2 |
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| Words rhyming with "Crotalus" (pronounced 'Crot"a*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Oculus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus, Phallus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: carolus, crustal, curtals, locusta, oculars, oscular, scrotal, surcoat, talcous, torulas, turacos. | |
-2 letters: actors, carols, castor, claros, clours, clouts, corals, costal, costar, courts, curtal, cutlas, locust, lustra, ocular, oscula, scrota, soucar, tarocs, tolars, torula, turaco, ultras. | |
-3 letters: actor, altos, arcus, ascot, autos, calos, carls, carol, carts, cauls, claro, clast, clots, clour, clout, coals, coast. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: calutrons, ocularist, outcrawls, suctorial. | |
+2 letters: alacritous, cotylosaur, nucleators, ocularists, osculatory, peculators, plutocrats, portulacas, speculator, truckloads, ultrasonic. | |
+3 letters: atrociously, calculators, cataloguers, circulators, coloraturas, construable, cotylosaurs, cultivators, customarily, duplicators, edulcorates, ejaculators, elucidators, emasculator, fractiously, inculcators, inoculators, lactiferous, lubricators, speculators, staurolitic, subcortical, subtropical, thiouracils, ulcerations, ultrasonics. | |
+4 letters: accumulators, articulators, auscultatory, calumniators, circulations, constabulary, counterblast, counterplans, counterplays, counterpleas, countervails, crenulations, emasculators, flocculators, gesticulator, granulocytes, jocularities, journalistic, lubrications, lucubrations, plutocracies, postsurgical, proconsulate, prosecutable, reinoculates, reluctations, stratocumuli, supplicatory, unhistorical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 72 6F 74 61 6C 75 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-. --- - .- .-.. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01110010 01101111 01110100 01100001 01101100 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C r o t a l u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0072 006F 0074 0061 006C 0075 0073 |
| 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)3784818667788785 |
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