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NECROPHAGOUS

Definition: NECROPHAGOUS

NECROPHAGOUS

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "NECROPHAGOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

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Crosswords: NECROPHAGOUS

Etymologies containing "NECROPHAGOUS": Necrophagan. (references)

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Modern Translations: NECROPHAGOUS

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

Albanian

  

që ha mbeturinë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏آكل الجيف. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

лешояден. (various references)

   

French

  

nécrophage. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dögevõ. (various references)

   

Manx

  

convaart-eeagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecrophagousnay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

necromântico. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

necrofag. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

питающийся падалью. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

strvožderski. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ăn xác chết. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "NECROPHAGOUS"

Words rhyming with "NECROPHAGOUS" (pronounced 'Ne*croph"a*gous'): Algous, Analogous, Androphagous, Anthophagous, Anthropophagous, Antilogous, Aphidophagous, Azygous, Batrachophagous, Bijugous, Branchiostegous, Carpophagous, Clangous, Coprophagous, Dendrologous, Entomophagous, fungous, Galactophagous, Geodephagous, Geophagous, heterologous, Hippophagous, homologous, Hylophagous, Ichthyophagous, Isologous, Lithophagous, Meliphagous, Melliphagous, Multijugous, Naufragous, Noctivagous, Ophiophagous, Ossifragous, Pantophagous, Phyllophagous, Phytophagous, Polyphagous, Quadrijugous, Rhizophagous, Rugous, Rypophagous, saprophagous, Sarcophagous, Saxifragous, Slangous, Solivagous, Somnifugous, Steatopygous, Strigous, Tautologous, Trijugous, Vagous, Wrongous, Xylophagous, Zoophagous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NECROPHAGOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: canephors, chaperons, uncharges.

-4 letters: acrogens, canephor, canorous, changers, chaperon, choragus, choregus, corneous, coughers, courages, gouaches, groschen, grouches, harpoons, hencoops, nacreous, ocherous, ochreous, oreganos, panoches, paunches, poaceous, poachers, pouncers, prognose, punchers, purchase, raunches, roughens, schooner, scrounge, souchong, speargun, sunporch, uncharge.

-5 letters: acerous, acrogen, aerugos, anchors, apercus, archons, arenous, aurochs, cangues, cargoes, carhops, carouse, changer, changes, charges, cheapos, chooser, choreas, chouser, coarsen, cohunes, congers, congoes, congous, coopers, coprahs, corneas, coronae, coronas, corsage, cougars, cougher, coupons, courage, crepons, croupes, curaghs, enoughs, eparchs, garcons, gaucher, gauchos, gonophs, gophers, gorhens, gouache, hangers, hangups, harpoon, hencoop, hoarsen, hognose, honours, hoopers, hungers, narcose, ochrous, onagers, onerous, onshore, operons, oraches, oranges, oregano, orgones, orphans, ourangs, panoche, parches, pechans, persona, poacher, poaches, ponchos, pooches, porches, pouches, pouncer, pounces, prances, presong, puncher, punches, racoons, ranches, ranchos, recoups, rehangs, repugns, roaches, rouches, roughen, scauper, scooper, scourge, scrooge, scrouge, senhora, sharpen, shoepac, snooper, socager, soprano, soroche, soupcon, sponger, surgeon, uncages, unhorse, unsharp, uphroes, upreach.

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

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Alternative Orthography: NECROPHAGOUS


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

4E 45 43 52 4F 50 48 41 47 4F 55 53

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)

01001110 01000101 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000001 01000111 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#69 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#65 &#71 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0043 0052 004F 0050 0048 0041 0047 004F 0055 0053

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

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

483937524950423541495553

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INDEX

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


  

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