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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD MAN'S FINGERS

dead man's fingers play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD MAN'S FINGERS

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Dead man's fingers 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 DEAD MAN'S FINGERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dead man's fingers in the English dictionary

The definition of dead man's fingers in the dictionary is a soft coral, Alcyonium digitatum, with long finger-like polyps.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD MAN'S FINGERS

dead heat
dead in the water
dead key
dead leg
dead letter
dead letter box
dead letter drop
dead load
dead loss
dead man walking
dead man´s handle
dead man´s pedal
dead march
dead marine
dead matter
dead men
dead on
dead point
dead president
dead reckoning

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD MAN'S FINGERS

aggers
Angers
board of managers
burn one´s fingers
butterfingers
cross one´s fingers
dead fingers
Diggers
green fingers
ladies´ fingers
let slip through one´s fingers
preggers
Rodgers
Rogers
stick to someone´s fingers
taggers
Texas Rangers
the Diggers
the Tamil Tigers
youngers

Synonyms and antonyms of dead man's fingers in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dead man's fingers» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD MAN'S FINGERS

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

Translator English - Chinese

死者的手指
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los dedos del hombre muerto
570 millions of speakers

English

dead man´s fingers
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मरे हुए आदमी की उंगलियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أصابع القتيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пальцы мертвеца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dedos do homem morto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত মানুষ এর আঙ্গুলের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Les doigts de l´homme mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jari lelaki mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Toten Finger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死んだ男の指
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 사람 의 손가락
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Driji wong mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngón tay đã chết của con người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த மனிதனின் விரல்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत मनुष्याची बोटं
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölü adamın parmakları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dita di morto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Palce umarlaka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пальці мерця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Degetele om mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δάχτυλα νεκρού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dooie man se vingers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödes fingrar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døde mannens fingre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead man's fingers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD MAN'S FINGERS»

The term «dead man's fingers» is used very little and occupies the 169.910 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD MAN'S FINGERS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead man's fingers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD MAN'S FINGERS»

Discover the use of dead man's fingers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead man's fingers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dead Man's Fingers
Knowing how many people are vying for waterfront property, real-estate agent Eve Elliot is uneasy when she witnesses what appears to be a jet-ski accident, and things only become more complicated when other conflicts arise that threaten the ...
Barbara Lee, 2000
2
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI
With the crowd at the accident scene anxiously watching me, I tried to extend the dead man's fingers from their clenched position. They wouldn't budge. I pulled and pried and tried to force his hand open, but each time I started to make ...
Dana Kollmann, 2008
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Encyclopedia of the Aquatic World: Starfish
Fishers originally gave dead man's fingers its gruesome name because, when they hauled it up in their nets, they thought it looked like the severed hands of a corpse. Dead man's fingers consists of a deathly pale mound of yellowish, orange ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2004
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Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised): An Encyclopedia of ...
... Dead Man Out ofMind Dead Man Riding Dead Man Running Dead Man's Bones Dead Man's Fingers Dead Man's Float Dead Man's Hand Dead Man's Island Dead Man's Puzzle Dead Man's Sweetheart a.k.a. Dead Man's Music Dead March ...
Colleen Barnett, 2011
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Unicoi Unity: A Natural History of the Unicoi and Snowbird ...
Producing quite a different effect than the pleasing jelly clubs and Blue-green Wood Stain is a common Unicoi ascomycete known as Dead Man's Fingers ( Xylaria polymorpha). These hard, charcoal-like clubs, up to three inches long are  ...
Owen Link McConnell, 2013
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Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
Of course, the phrase dead man has yielded a variety of terms in the English language, including plant names such as dead man's fingers (a type of orchid) and dead man's hand (variously an orchid, a fern, or a type ofseaweed), as well as ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Index volume
... 18: 2468 Dead man's fingers (sea fingers; dead man's toes) 5: 651-652; 17: 2440 Dead man's toes sir Dead man's fingers Dealfish 13: 1768 death, feigning cardinal fish 3: 390 click beetle 4: 466-467 coyote 4: 560 false scorpion 6: 799 grass ...
‎2002
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Shift
DEAD MAN'S FINGERS Yes, you park the car, Sensing worth, Career girth, Floating and bobbing in the septic pan Left behind at some second hand bazaar. There is, however, Servitude for wastelands. To be the free jack of the parlor, The  ...
JD Beck
9
Calling in the soul: gender and the cycle of life in a Hmong ...
Here the chanter tied red thread onto the dead man's fingers as a symbol of blood. Next, the dead man would come to a mountain swarming with poisonous caterpillars; he must put on his shoes. The chanter placed the shoes on the dead  ...
Patricia V. Symonds, 2013
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Wolf's-Head: The Wanderer: The West (979-984)
Suddenly, it stopped, something was caught between the dead man's fingers. He went to turn in protest and the irritated whisper of Swjart broke in. "You'll 'ave to use them bleedin' fingers of yers to do the job!" There was a sneering laugh.
R. Hyslop, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD MAN'S FINGERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dead man's fingers is used in the context of the following news items.
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Excerpt: 'Viking Gold' by LA Sartor
... from exploring the unique and otherworldly red of dead man's fingers coral to being swept deep into the fjord's abyss by the tricky currents. «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Learning about mushrooms, lichens and weeds
There's horsetail. And stinkhorn. And dead man's fingers. And reindeer lichen. These are some of the names bandied about during talk of ... «www.ottawacommunitynews.com/, Jun 15»
3
Trees and fungus that stink up your yard
Also known as dead man's fingers, devil's horn and devil's stinkpot, the shape and color vary widely but they all smell like something died. «Charleston Post Courier, Mar 15»
4
Stay calm: Kelp is on the way
For foragers who can tell a dead man's fingers from a Mediterranean mussel, our coastline is cornucopian. We were in luck. It was new moon ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Mar 15»
5
Plymouth conservationist dedicated to helping revive health of UK …
The sea bed fauna is wonderful with sea fans, sunset corals, dead man's fingers. “It is a rich area for fishing and we get quite a lot of dolphins, ... «Plymouth Herald, Mar 15»
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Recipe: Northumberland Coast Fritter Misto
Roughly pull apart the crab meat, remove the 'dead man's fingers' (the grey gills in the body that are tough and indigestible) and reserve the ... «The Journal, Mar 15»
7
Mystery of 'Human Finger' Found on Beach Solved
It was initially thought to be a type of coral called Alcyonium digitatum, otherwise known as “dead man's fingers.” A search of images for the ... «Discovery News, Jan 15»
8
'Severed finger' found by dog-walker turns out to be a rare plant
... or marine biologists, so the best we can come up with is Alcyonium digitatum, otherwise known as 'dead man's fingers'," Watch Commander ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Snacks in a box get the wag
"We tried out a Halloween box that went down well and it included doggy treats called 'dead man's fingers'," Evans said. "We will be doing ... «New Zealand Herald, Nov 14»
10
Tim Sexton: Fantastic fungi found - 'ear' at Attenborough!
Other weird and wonderful species recorded here include the Yellow Brain, the Common Eyelash and Dead Man's Fingers. While November is ... «Nottingham Post, Nov 14»

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