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Meaning of "attercop" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ATTERCOP

Old English attorcoppa, from ātor poison and possibly cop head.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ATTERCOP

ˈætəkɒp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTERCOP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Attercop is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ATTERCOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attercopus

Attercopus fimbriunguis belongs to an extinct order of arachnids named Uraraneida; spider-like animals able to produce silk, but which lacked true spinnerets and retained a segmented abdomen bearing a flagellum-like tail resembling that of a whip scorpion. They are thought to be close to the origins of spiders. An important Early Devonian fossil example from the of Gilboa, New York, was originally described as a member of the extinct order Trigonotarbida and named Gelasinotarbus? fimbriunguis. It was later assigned to a new genus Attercopus and reinterpreted as the oldest, and most primitive, example of a true spider. This hypothesis was based on the supposed presence of unique spider features such as silk-producing spinnerets and the opening of a venom gland on the fang of the chelicera. Further study – based on new fossils from a comparable Devonian locality called South Mountain – and comparison with other material from the Permian of Russia indicates that Attercopus does not actually have spinnerets. The specimen which looked like a tubular spinneret is actually a folded sheet of cuticle.

Definition of attercop in the English dictionary

The definition of attercop in the dictionary is a spider. Other definition of attercop is an ill-natured person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATTERCOP

Boskop · cop · hammerkop · kop · scop · supercop

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATTERCOP

attentional · attentions · attentive · attentively · attentiveness · attenuant · attenuate · attenuating circumstances · attenuation · attenuator · attest · attestable · attestant · attestation · attestative · attestator · attested · attested form · attested herd · attester

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATTERCOP

crop · desktop · develop · drop · hip-hop · hoop · hop · laptop · loop · over the top · over-the-top · Photoshop · pop · shop · silent cop · speed cop · stop · top · traffic cop · workshop

Synonyms and antonyms of attercop in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «attercop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ATTERCOP

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The translations of attercop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attercop» in English.
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attercop
1,325 millions of speakers
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attercop
570 millions of speakers
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English

attercop
510 millions of speakers
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attercop
380 millions of speakers
ar

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attercop
280 millions of speakers
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attercop
278 millions of speakers
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attercop
270 millions of speakers
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attenuator
260 millions of speakers
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attercop
220 millions of speakers
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Attenuator
190 millions of speakers
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attercop
180 millions of speakers
ja

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attercop
130 millions of speakers
ko

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attercop
85 millions of speakers
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Attenuator
85 millions of speakers
vi

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attercop
80 millions of speakers
ta

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மெலிப்பான்
75 millions of speakers
mr

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एन्टेन्युएटर
75 millions of speakers
tr

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zayıflatıcı
70 millions of speakers
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attercop
65 millions of speakers
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attercop
50 millions of speakers
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attercop
40 millions of speakers
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attercop
30 millions of speakers
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attercop
15 millions of speakers
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attercop
14 millions of speakers
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attercop
10 millions of speakers
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attercop
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTERCOP»

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The Blood Purge
When the rotund structure came within sight, Attercop dropped onto her belly and flapped her arm in a frenzied gesture for her mate to do the same,hissing at Skaines,“Get down!” “What is it?” Skaines wanted to know, doing as she was told  ...
Xeno Glitz, 2007
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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit"
Attercop! Attercop! Won 't you stop, Stop your spinning and look for me? Old Tomnoddy, all big body, Old Tomnoddy can't spy me! Attercop! Attercop! Down you drop! You'll never catch me up your tree! (147) The narrator draws attention to the ...
Corey Olsen, 2012
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The Puppeteer
She approached Attercop, hand outstretched and tickled behind her ears. The cat stood up and rubbed herself against Susan's arm, beginning to purr. “Come on, Attercop. We have work to do.” She took the animal in her arms, picked up the ...
Lynda Kempsey, 2010
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The Unofficial Hobbit Handbook: Everything I Need to Know ...
Attercop! Attercop! Won't you stop, Stopyourspinningand look for me? Old Tomnoddy, all big body, Old Tomnoddy, can't spy me! Attercop! Attercop! Downyou drop! You'llnever catch me upyour tree! (The Hobbit, chapter 8) Giant Spiders To be ...
Peter Archer, Scott Francis, Jeff Gerke, 2012
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
Attercop! Won't you stop, Stop your spinning and look for me? So sings Bilbo in chapter viii of The Hobbit, to lead the giant spiders away from the dwarves whom they have caught in their webs. The word occurs earlier in the poem 'Errantry' ...
Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner, 2009
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The Riddles of The Hobbit
Attercop! Attercop! Won't you stop, Stop your spinning and look for me? Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob Are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat but still they cannot find me! Each of these could be recontextualised as ...
Adam Roberts, 2013
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The Hobbit
Thisiswhat hesang: Oldfatspider spinning in a tree! Old fat spider can't see me! Attercop! Attercop! Won't you stop, Stopyourspinning and lookforme? Old Tomnoddy, allbigbody, OldTomnoddy can'tspyme! Attercop! Attercop! Downyoudrop!
J.R.R. Tolkien, 2012
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A Tolkien English Glossary A Guide to Old Uncommon and ...
bowls ninepins Attercop Tomnoddy Lazy Lob crazy Cob nippers spinners froth blest thongs 1st Used 169 169 170 170 171 171 172 172 172 177 180 carven surly store wretched portcullis flagons 1st Used 183 185. A game, common in Great ...
Oliver Loo, 2010
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A Tolkien English Glossary
Attercop! Attercop! Old Tomnoddy, all big body, Lazy Lob and crazy Cob See text above for Lazy Lob. nippers crazy Cob Lazy Lob Tomnoddy The spiders saw the sword, ...hairy legs waving, nippers and spinners snapping, eyes popping, full ...
Oliver Loo
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New Perspectives on Robert Graves
As Kirkham points out, in "Attercop: The All-Wise Spider," "Graves's two previous poetic selves, Walter the romantic and James the philosopher, confront each other with their separate solutions to his plight, which is to be caught in the web of  ...
Patrick J. Quinn, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTERCOP»

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Lego: The Hobbit Cheats For The PS4 And Xbox One: Unlock All …
Attercop! Attercop! (Bronze): Complete "Flies and Spiders". Escaped the dungeons of the King (Bronze): Complete "Barrels Out of Bond". «KDramaStars, Feb 15»
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Elessar Reviews The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
If you listen you can hear the word Attercop mentioned. Bilbo naming sting here was another moment that I was so looking forward to and it was ... «TheOneRing.net, Dec 13»
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Arwen's Review of 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'
... world” (another nice touch, we even hear the spiders say “Attercop”). The capture by the Woodland elves, Thranduil's interrogation of Thorin, ... «TheOneRing.net, Dec 13»
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Toronto Film Review: 'The Double'
... in association with Protagonist Pictures, in co-production with Attercop Prods. and MC Pictures, of an Alcove Entertainment production. «Variety, Sep 13»
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Translating 'The Hobbit' Into Latin
I had more trouble when Bilbo taunts the spiders with archaic 'arachnid' words like Attercop and Lob, for I not only needed something suitably ... «Huffington Post, Nov 12»
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Pop Rocks: The Hobbit Trailer -- A Not So Unexpected Journey
No Bilbo taunting the spiders with cries of "Attercop" and "Lazy Lob?" Will the dish throwing provide sufficiently lighthearted counterweight to ... «Houston Press, Dec 11»
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'The Hobbit' Flash Forward!
Attercop! Spiders revealed!' or maybe 'No delays for The Hobbit! Production on Schedule'. How about 'TheOneRing.net's Server Under Water! «TheOneRing.net, Feb 11»
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'Mad as a Hatter': The History of a Simile
(Mr. Partridge also dismissed “mad” for “angry” as an American notion, though, he said, hatter/attercop, or spider, “has some support in 'mad as ... «New York Times, Mar 10»
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The Ring of Words: From Winterfilth to Blotmath
... Jeremy Marshall, and Edmund Weiner – explore more than 100 words found in Tolkien's fiction, such as 'hobbit', 'attercop', and 'precious'. «OUPblog, Nov 09»
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Is Lancashire dialect going wambly and reasty?
Is attercop the same as all to pot - in a bit of a mess ? I agree with the previous post. I reckon hoining means annoying someone, as in a child ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Nov 09»
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