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DOG WHELK

Definition: DOG WHELK

DOG WHELK

1. (Zo["o]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family Nassid[ae] , esp. the Nassa reticulata of England.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: DOG WHELK

English words defined with "DOG WHELK": NassaWhelk tingle. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DOG WHELK

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dog whelk

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DOG WHELK

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

French

  

vignot (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), vigneau (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), Thais (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), Purpura Lapillus (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), pourpre de l'Atlantique (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), petit calicoquot (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), Murex erinaceus (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), murex érinacé (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), caramela (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), bigorneau perceur (dog periwinkle, dog winkle), bigorneau blanc (dog periwinkle, dog winkle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ogday elkwhay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: DOG WHELK

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Urosalpinx cinerea. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: DOG WHELK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-k-l-o-w"

-2 letters: glowed, holked, howked, howled.

-3 letters: dhole, dowel, hoked, holed, lodge, lowed, ogled, whelk, whole, wodge.

-4 letters: dhow, doge, dole, geld, gled, glow, gold, gowd, gowk, held, helo, hoed, hoke, hold, hole, holk, howe, howk, howl, koel, kohl, lewd, lode, loge, lowe, ogle, ohed, okeh, owed, weld, woke, wold.

-5 letters: del, dew, doe, dog, dol.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DOG WHELK


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

44 4F 47      57 48 45 4C 4B

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

    

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

01000100 01001111 01000111 00100000 01010111 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#79 &#71 &#32 &#87 &#72 &#69 &#76 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 004F 0047      0057 0048 0045 004C 004B

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

38494125742394645

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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