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Meaning of "cantharus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CANTHARUS

cantharus  [ˈkænθərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANTHARUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cantharus 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 CANTHARUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cantharus

Cantharus

Cantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. This genus is placed in family Fasciolariidae by some authors.

Definition of cantharus in the English dictionary

The definition of cantharus in the dictionary is a large two-handled pottery cup.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANTHARUS


adventurous
ədˈvɛntʃərəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
Cerberus
ˈsɜːbərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
decorous
ˈdɛkərəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
Icarus
ˈɪkərəs
Lazarus
ˈlæzərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
phosphorus
ˈfɒsfərəs
prosperous
ˈprɒspərəs
rigorous
ˈrɪɡərəs
synantherous
sɪˈnænθərəs
treacherous
ˈtrɛtʃərəs
uterus
ˈjuːtərəs
vigorous
ˈvɪɡərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANTHARUS

canthal
cantharid
cantharidal
cantharides
cantharidian
cantharidic
cantharidin
cantharis
canthaxanthin
canthi
canthitis
canthus
cantic
canticle
Canticle of Canticles
Canticles
cantico
canticum
cantier
cantiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANTHARUS

acarus
antivirus
Belarus
chorus
cirrus
citrus
crus
Cyprus
Cyrus
Glarus
Horus
human immunodeficiency virus
Pandarus
sarus
Tartarus
Taurus
thesaurus
varus
virus
walrus

Synonyms and antonyms of cantharus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cantharus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANTHARUS

Find out the translation of cantharus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cantharus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cantharus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cantharus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cantharus
570 millions of speakers

English

cantharus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cantharus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cantharus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cantharus
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cantharus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cantharus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cantharus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cantharus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cantharus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カンタロス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cantharus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cantharus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cantharus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cantharus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅन्थ्रस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cantharus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cantaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cantharus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cantharus
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cantharus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cantharus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cantharus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cantharus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cantharus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cantharus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANTHARUS»

The term «cantharus» is normally little used and occupies the 140.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANTHARUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cantharus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cantharus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cantharus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANTHARUS»

Discover the use of cantharus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cantharus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from ...
Cantharus sliaskyi Berry, 1959. In sculpture the shell resembles both C. panamicus and C. rehderi, but it is more brightly colored than either. A fresh specimen is pinkish buff, with white raised lines where the spiral ribs cross the axials and a ...
Angeline Myra Keen, 1971
2
Nearshore Marine Paleoclimatic Regions, Increasing ...
C. magister Dana Cantharus aff. C. ringens (Reeve) Cantharus fortis (Carpenter) (?) Cantharus sp. Cantharus? cf. С. elegans (Gray) Capulus sp. Capulus sp. Capulus? cf. С. californicus Dali Cardiomya cf. С. planetica Dali Cardiomya n.sp.
Clarence A. Hall, 2002
3
Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's ...
Clench helmet populations are low and declining, perhaps due to trawling and habitat loss. Nutmeg and Cantharus Snails RELATIVES: Nutmegs (family Can- cellariidae) and cantharus snails (family Buccinidae) are distantly related to auger ...
Blair Witherington, Dawn Witherington, 2011
4
Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise: Iconographic and Textual ...
39Paulinushadused similarvisceral imageryinhis description of the cantharus inthecourtyard ofSaintPeter's, whenhespokeaboutacantharusthatbelchedforthstreams of water.40 Atthesametime,thecantharuspreservedits other traditional ...
Annewies van den Hoek, John Joseph Herrmann, 2013
5
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass
Copy of the Disch Cantharus Late 19th century. Made either by the Com- pagnia di Venezia e Murano, Venice, Italy, or by the Rheinischen Glashiitten A.G., Eh- renfeld bei Koln, Germany. Formerly in the Smith Collection. 59.3.38. H. 22.2 cm  ...
David Whitehouse, Corning Museum of Glass, 2004
6
The Fragments of Attic Comedy
Cantharus Medea : Friends, this choir you 've set a-singing will an Arab songster prove. 2-4 2 Bekker's Inedita: 'Heavy-weight' : Cantharus Medea. — 3 The Same: Pau^av: To sleep; ..Cantharus Medea: 'We shall sleep'. — 4 The Same: iXav: ...
John M. Edmonds, 1961
7
Global Change: Mankind-Marine Environment Interactions: ...
Length-Weight. Relationships. and. Reproduction. of. Three. Coastal. Sparidae. ( Diplodus. cervinus. cervinus,. Boops. boops,. and. Spondyliosoma. cantharus). of . the. Eastern. Coast. of. Algeria. Farid Derbal, Sarah Madache, Naima ...
Hubert J. Ceccaldi, 2011
8
Fairytale in the Ancient World
We might still feel entitled to be less than convinced: the tale has to be awkwardly unscrambled, and we do not find Cantharus actually helping the woman or producing the gold from the spinning, though he seems to have a slave's training in ...
Graham Anderson, 2002
9
Seashells of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's Guide
Clench helmet, max 12 in (30 cm) Scotch bonnet, max 4 in (10 cm) Reticulate cowrie-helmet, max 3 in (7.6 cm) Nutmeg and Cantharus Snails RELATIVES: Nutmegs (family Can- cellariidae) and cantharus snails (family Buccinidae) are ...
Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington, 2011
10
The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago: Index of the ...
469, 74. Cannorhynchus tabaccaria Blkr. 469, 74. Canthagaster Valentyni Blkr. 496, 23. Cantharus Cuv. 468, 283. Cantharus Blochii C. V. 266, 60. Cantharus Castelnaui Blkr. 266, 59. Cantharus emarginatus C. V. 266, 60. 496, 12. Cantharus ...
Max Wilhelm Carl Weber, Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, 1964

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANTHARUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cantharus is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Do You Read While You Write?
'Oh look,' said Cynthia, 'I've found a tinted cantharus!' ”) When I'm having difficulties with work, there's a small group of favorite novels — “The ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
2
Drinking vessels: 'tankard'
He derived tankard from Latin cantharus (originally a Greek word) “chalice; tankard,” by metathesis (cantha- to tanka-). The coincidence is ... «OUPblog, Jan 13»

REFERENCE
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