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Homocercal

Definition: Homocercal

Homocercal

Adjective

1. (ichthyology) possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Homocercal \Ho`mo*cer"cal\, adjective. [Homo- Greek expression tail.]. (references)

 

Antonym: heterocercal (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Homocercal

English words defined with "homocercal": Homocercy. (references)

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Expression: Homocercal

Expression using "homocercal": homocercal fin. Additional references.

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

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Rhyming with "Homocercal"

Words rhyming with "homocercal" (pronounced 'Ho`mo*cer"cal'): Archducal, Bibliothecal, Bifocal, Bocal, Buccal, Caecal, Cephalocercal, Cercal, Cloacal, Confocal, Coucal, FOCAL, heterocercal, Meniscal, Micrococcal, Monothecal, Nascal, Nasobuccal, Nonvocal, Obeliscal, Oviducal, Parfocal, Phocal, Protocercal, Semivocal, Subvocal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Homocercal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-m-o-o-r"

-2 letters: cochlear, cromlech.

-3 letters: armhole, caroche, cholera, chorale, choreal, coacher, cochlea, coracle, moocher.

-4 letters: calmer, carcel, caroch, choler, choral, chorea, chroma, chrome, chromo, clamor, cloche, coaler, coelom, cooler, cormel, marcel, moloch, moolah, morale, ochrea, orache, oracle, recoal.

-5 letters: achoo, almeh, amole, cache, camel, cameo, carle, carol, carom, cecal, celom, ceorl, chare, charm, chela, chemo, cholo.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-m-o-o-r"
 

+2 letters: heroicomical.

 

+4 letters: chronometrical.

 

+5 letters: chloramphenicol.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Homocercal


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

48 6F 6D 6F 63 65 72 63 61 6C

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)

01001000 01101111 01101101 01101111 01100011 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

H o m o c e r c a l

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 006F 006D 006F 0063 0065 0072 0063 0061 006C

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

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

42817981697184696778

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