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XYLOTRYA

Definition: XYLOTRYA

XYLOTRYA

Noun

1. A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Xylotrya \Xy*lo"try*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression xy`lon wood to rub, wear out.]. (references)

Expression: XYLOTRYA

Expression using "XYLOTRYA": Xylotrya fimbriata. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: XYLOTRYA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-o-r-t-x-y-y"
	-1 letter: royalty.
	-3 letters: lyart, royal, tolar.
	-4 letters: alto, arty, aryl, lory, lota, oral, oryx, rato, rota, rotl, ryot, taro, tola, tora, tory, tray, troy, tyro.
	-5 letters: alt, art, lar, lat, lax, lay, lot, lox, oar, oat, ora, ort, oxy, rat, rax, ray, rot, rya, tao, tar, tax, tor, toy, try, yar, yay.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-o-r-t-x-y-y"
	+3 letters: hydroxylate.
	+4 letters: hydroxylated, hydroxylates.
	+5 letters: hydroxylating, hydroxylation.
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Alternative Orthography: XYLOTRYA

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

58 59 4C 4F 54 52 59 41

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)

01011000 01011001 01001100 01001111 01010100 01010010 01011001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#88 &#89 &#76 &#79 &#84 &#82 &#89 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0058 0059 004C 004F 0054 0052 0059 0041

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

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

5859464954525935

INDEX

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

5. Bibliography

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