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NECROPHAGAN

Definitions: NECROPHAGAN

NECROPHAGAN

Adjective

1. Eating carrion.

Noun

1. Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Necrophagan \Ne*croph"a*gan\, adjective. [See Necrophagous.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: NECROPHAGAN

English words defined with "NECROPHAGAN": Necrophagous. (references)

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Modern Translations: NECROPHAGAN

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

Pig Latin

  

ecrophagannay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "NECROPHAGAN"

Words rhyming with "NECROPHAGAN" (pronounced 'Ne*croph"a*gan'): Biorgan, Brogan, Coprophagan, Entomophagan, GAN, Homoorgan, Idorgan, ligan, Loggan, longan, Mangan, Melliphagan, Moggan, Morgan, Ortygan, Phyllophagan, Pogamoggan, Ptarmigan, Rhizogan, Saprophagan, Sarcophagan, Semipagan, slogan, Upeygan, Wangan, Xylophagan, Zoophagan. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NECROPHAGAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-h-n-n-o-p-r"

-2 letters: anchorage, orphanage.

-3 letters: canephor, chaperon, crannoge.

-4 letters: acrogen, anaphor, apogean, carnage, changer, choanae, crannog, ganache, hanaper, nephron, panache, panocha, panoche, paragon, poacher.

-5 letters: agorae, anarch, anchor, ancone, angora, apache, apnoea, arcane, archon, canape, canner, carhop, change, charge, cheapo, choana, chorea, conger, conner, coprah, cornea, crepon, eparch, garcon, gherao, goanna, gopher, gorhen, hangar, hanger, nonage, nonpar, ochrea, onager, orache, orange, organa, orphan, pangen, parang, pechan, penang, prance, preach, rancho, raphae, rehang.

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

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Alternative Orthography: NECROPHAGAN


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

4E 45 43 52 4F 50 48 41 47 41 4E

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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001110 01000101 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000001 01000111 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0043 0052 004F 0050 0048 0041 0047 0041 004E

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

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

4839375249504235413548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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