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Definition: Backswimmer |
BackswimmerNoun1. Predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Biology & Biotechnology | An insect of the family Notonectidae, characterized by swimming with the ventral surface uppermost. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BackswimmerSynonym: Notonecta undulata (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
backswimmer | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "backswimmer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ackswimmerbay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-m-m-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: micawbers. | |
-3 letters: crabwise, keramics, micawber, racemism. | |
-4 letters: ambries, ascribe, backers, beswarm, bickers, cambers, cambism, caribes, crambes, embarks, imbarks, keramic, maimers, mimbars, mismake, mismark, semiraw, skimmer, skiwear, smacker, swimmer, wackier, wickers. | |
-5 letters: aimers, ambers, amebic, amices, armies, backer, bakers, barmie, bicker, bikers, braces, braise, brakes, breaks, breams, brewis, bricks, cabers, cakier, camber, camise, caribe, caries, ceibas, cerias, crakes, crambe, creaks, creams, crimes, embark, embars, ericas, ickers, imbark, kaiser, karmic, kebars, kermis, macers, maimer, makers, mamies, masker, mbiras, mimbar, mimers, rabies, racism, ramies, sacker, screak, scream, scribe, sicker, simmer, wackes, wakers, wicker, wracks, wreaks, wrecks, wricks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 63 6B 73 77 69 6D 6D 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.-. -.- ... .--. .. -- -- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01110011 01110111 01101001 01101101 01101101 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c k s w i m m e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 006B 0073 0077 0069 006D 006D 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667697785897579797184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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