Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definitions: MEGALOPS |
MEGALOPSNoun1. A large fish; the tarpum. 2. A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively. |
Etymology: Megalops \Meg"a*lops\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression me`gas, -a`loy, large 'w`ps eye.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: MEGALOPS |
| English words defined with "MEGALOPS": Redfin. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Plate 217B. The Tarpum or Grand-Ecaille. Megalops thrissoides (Schn.), Gthr.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "MEGALOPS": Notropis megalops. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MEGALOPS": megalopses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "MEGALOPS" (pronounced 'Meg"a*lops'): AEgilops, Cyclops, Nyctalops. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-m-o-p-s" | |
-2 letters: amoles, aslope, galops, gleams, gloams, golems, gospel, maples, omegas, plages, sample. | |
-3 letters: almes, aloes, amole, ample, gales, galop, games, gamps, gaols, gapes, gleam, gloam, gloms, glops, goals, golem, lames, lamps, lapse, leaps, loams, loges, lopes, mages, males, maple, meals, molas, moles, mopes, ogams, ogles, omega, opals, pages, pales, palms, paseo, peags, peals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-m-o-p-s" | |
+2 letters: megalopses, polygamies. | |
+3 letters: megalopolis, mesopelagic, phlebograms, plasminogen, polygamizes, promulgates. | |
+4 letters: ergastoplasm, gamopetalous, pelargoniums, plasminogens, plasmogamies, rampageously, splenomegaly. | |
+5 letters: amphibologies, campanologies, ergastoplasms, filmographies, hypoglycemias, megalopolises, plethysmogram, primatologies, programmables. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 45 47 41 4C 4F 50 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-- . --. .- .-.. --- .--. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
| Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "MEGALOPS" |
