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METATHORAX

Definition: METATHORAX

METATHORAX

Noun

1. The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: METATHORAX

English words defined with "METATHORAX": MetathoracicParapterum. (references)

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Image Slideshow: METATHORAX

Illustrations:
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Usage Frequency: METATHORAX

"METATHORAX" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "METATHORAX" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75%6143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)25%2245,945
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derivations: METATHORAX

Derivations

Words beginning with "METATHORAX": metathoraxes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "METATHORAX"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "METATHORAX" (pronounced me'tuthô"ra'ks)
7-u th ô" r a' k smesothorax.
5-ô" r a' k sborax.
4-r a' k sracetracks, soundtracks, wisecracks.
3-a' k saftertax, backpacks, buybacks, climax, comebacks, counterattacks, cutbacks, drawbacks, earwax, flashbacks, galax, givebacks, greenbacks, gunnysacks, hemophiliacs, kickbacks, knickknacks, leasebacks, leatherbacks, lilacs, maniacs, nymphomaniacs, overtax, paperbacks, parallax, pullbacks, quarterbacks, razorbacks, rollbacks, setbacks, skipjacks, smokestacks, surtax, syntax, tarmacs.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: METATHORAX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-m-o-r-t-t-x"

-2 letters: amaretto, atheroma, teratoma.

-3 letters: oxheart, teraohm.

-4 letters: aortae, exhort, extort, hamate, hatter, hoaxer, hotter, matter, mother, ramate, rotate, thorax, threat, throat, tother.

-5 letters: amort, aorta, arhat, armet, aroma, attar, earth, extra, harem, hater, heart, herma, homer, mahoe, mater, matte, metro, morae, motet, motte, oater, orate, other, ottar, otter, oxter, ramet, rathe, reata, retax, rotte.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-m-o-r-t-t-x"
 

+2 letters: metathoraxes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: METATHORAX


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

4D 45 54 41 54 48 4F 52 41 58

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)

01001101 01000101 01010100 01000001 01010100 01001000 01001111 01010010 01000001 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#69 &#84 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#65 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0045 0054 0041 0054 0048 004F 0052 0041 0058

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

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

47395435544249523558

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Usage Frequency
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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