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TOXODON

Definition: TOXODON

TOXODON

Noun

1. A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

Etymology: Toxodon \Tox"o*don\, noun. [from Greek expression to`xon bow + tooth.]. (Websters 1913)

"TOXODON" is a common misspelling or typo for: Tuxedo.


Anagrams: TOXODON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-n-o-o-o-t-x"

-2 letters: tondo.

-3 letters: onto, toon.

-4 letters: don, dot, nod, noo, not, oot, oxo, tod, ton, too.

-5 letters: do, no, od, on, ox, to.

 Words containing the letters "d-n-o-o-o-t-x"
 

+3 letters: unorthodox.

 

+4 letters: neoorthodox, nonorthodox, unorthodoxy.

 

+5 letters: neoorthodoxy, tetrodotoxin, unorthodoxly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TOXODON


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

54 4F 58 4F 44 4F 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)

01010100 01001111 01011000 01001111 01000100 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0058 004F 0044 004F 004E

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

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

54495849384948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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