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RAZOR SHELL

Definition: RAZOR SHELL

RAZOR SHELL

1. (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, & Americana , which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam , razor fish , knife handle .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: RAZOR SHELL

English words defined with "RAZOR SHELL": Razor fishSolen. (references)

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Modern Translations: RAZOR SHELL

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

Danish

  

knivmusling-familien (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zwaardscheden (razor clam), tafelmesheften (razor clam), messcheden (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

French

  

solens (razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), knife clams (razor clam), couteaux (razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), \SOI (razor clam). (various references)

   

German

  

Scheidenmuscheln (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), Meerscheiden (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σωλήνες (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

Italian

  

manicai (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), cappelunghe (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), cannolicchi (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

azorray ellshay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

navalhas (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells, razors), longueiroes (razor clam, razor clams), lingueiroes (razor clam), facas (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells), canivetes (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

navajas (knife clams, razor clam, razor clams, razor shells). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: RAZOR SHELL

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Solenidae. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: RAZOR SHELL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-l-o-r-r-s-z"

-3 letters: halloes, hoarser, hollers, rerolls, rollers, shoaler.

-4 letters: ahorse, ashler, ashore, azoles, halers, hallos, haloes, haoles, hazels, hazers, hellos, hoarse, hollas, holler, lasher, loreal, rasher, razers, razors, reroll, roller, sharer, sleazo, soarer, sorrel.

-5 letters: aloes, arles, arose, azole, earls, haler, hales, hallo, halls, halos, haole, hares, harls, hazel, hazer, hazes, heals, hears, hello, hells, helos, herls, heros, hoars, hoers, holes, holla, horal, horas, horse, hosel, lares, laser, lazes, lears, leash, lehrs, loral, lores, losel, loser, ollas, orals, orles, rales, rares, raser, razer, razes, razor, reals, rears, rheas, roars, roles, rolls, salol, selah, seral, shale, shall, share, sheal, shear, shell, sheol, shoal, shoer, shore, shorl, solar, sorel, sorer, zeals, zeros, zoeal, zoeas.

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

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Alternative Orthography: RAZOR SHELL


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

52 41 5A 4F 52      53 48 45 4C 4C

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

    

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

01010010 01000001 01011010 01001111 01010010 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000101 01001100 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#90 &#79 &#82 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#69 &#76 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 005A 004F 0052      0053 0048 0045 004C 004C

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

523560495225342394646

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INDEX

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


  

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