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PRONUNCIATION OF HORNWRACK

hornwrack  [ˈhɔːnˌræk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORNWRACK

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determiner
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Hornwrack 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 HORNWRACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hornwrack

Flustra foliacea

Flustra foliacea is a species of bryozoan found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed. Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of growth. They may reach 20 cm long, and smell like lemons. Its microscopic structure was examined by Robert Hooke and illustrated in his 1665 work Micrographia.

Definition of hornwrack in the English dictionary

The definition of hornwrack in the dictionary is a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORNWRACK


anorak
ˈænəˌræk
azedarach
əˈzɛdəˌræk
bladderwrack
ˈblædəˌræk
bookrack
ˈbʊkˌræk
ceterach
ˈsetəˌræk
eelwrack
ˈiːlˌræk
grasswrack
ˈɡrɑːsˌræk
hayrack
ˈheɪˌræk
rickrack
ˈrɪkˌræk
ricrac
ˈrɪkˌræk
sandarac
ˈsændəˌræk
sandarach
ˈsændəˌræk
sazerac
ˈsæzəˌræk
Skagerrak
ˈskæɡəˌræk
ski-rack
ˈskiːˌræk
tamarack
ˈtæməˌræk
whitrack
ˈwɪtˌræk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORNWRACK

horniness
hornish
hornist
hornito
hornless
hornlessness
hornlet
hornlike
hornpipe
hornpout
horns and halo effect
hornstone
hornswoggle
horntail
hornwork
hornworm
hornwort
horny
hornyhead chub
hornywink

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORNWRACK

a hard nut to crack
arrack
awrack
backtrack
barrack
cooling rack
crack
fast track
fast-track
racetrack
rack
roof rack
sea wrack
serrated wrack
soundtrack
the rack
the right track
the wrong track
title track
wrack

Synonyms and antonyms of hornwrack in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hornwrack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORNWRACK

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380 millions of speakers
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Hornwrack
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85 millions of speakers

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Hornwrack
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हॉर्नवेट
75 millions of speakers

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70 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

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10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

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5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hornwrack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORNWRACK»

The term «hornwrack» is used very little and occupies the 188.348 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORNWRACK» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORNWRACK»

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Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-side
In a common-sized specimen of this hornwrack, at least 36,000 living beings have been computed to exist, each actively and rapidly vibrating the cilia which cover the tentacles. Nor is this all : this Flustra is often the point of attachment to other ...
Anne Pratt, 1850
2
The World of Animals
In the spring they develop into new colonies. SEA MAT AND HORNWRACK The sea mat is one common kind of moss animal. It grows on the fronds of kelps and from moss animals to blue whales, are made of microscopic units known as cells.
Martin Walters, Jinny Johnson, 2011
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The Saturday Magazine
Flustra folia era, Broad-leaved hornwrack. 10. iii/mn, Prickly hornwrack. 11. Chalky axis or centre of a coralline very common on the English coast. 12. The great tooth-coralline, covered with minute shells. 13. The pitcher hornwrack, a native of ...
‎1833
4
The Saturday Magazine. Published Under the Direction of the ...
Flush-n fnliurta, Broad-leaved hornwrack. pilnsa, Prickly hornwrack. ll. Chnlky axis or centre of a cornlline very common on the English coast. _ 12. The great tooth-coralline, covered with minute shells. l3. The pitcher hornwrack, a native of the ...
‎1833
5
The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge
Broad-leaved hornwrack. 10. pilosa. Prickly hornwrack. 11. Chalky axw or centre of a coralline very common on the English coast. 12. The great tooth-coralline covered with minute shelle. Pig. 13. The pitcher hornwrack, a native of the Red.
‎1834
6
An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines: And ...
Snail-trefoil Coralline. This very small but-curious Coralline was sound crcepin on the narrow-leafed Hornwrack of Rass Syzaþsis, called by him, Fuci telam lineain sericeamve texmra siza mity/wills al= temspecies augustior. R. S. pag. 43. No.
John Ellis, 1755
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The Farmers' Cabinet, and American Herd-book
26 Chalky Axis, 27 Great Tooth Coralline, 28 Pitcher Hornwrack, 29 Animal of a Polypus, 39 Clover Box, 31 Green's Hay and Straw Cutter, 32 Ground Plan of a Barn, 33 Upright — side view, 34 do. — end view, 35 Sea Urchin, 36 Head of the  ...
‎1837
8
The Farmers' Cabinet
20 Herring-bone Coralline, ib. 21 Lobsters' Horn Coralline, ib. 22 Nit Coralline, 1 10 23 Brown Hydra, ib. 24 Broad-leaved Hornwrack, ib. 25 Prickly do. ib. 26 Chalky Axis, ib. 27 Great Tooth Coralline, ib. 28 Pitcher Hornwrack, ib. 29 Animal of a ...
‎1837
9
The Farmers' Cabinet, and American Herd-book: Devoted to ...
20 Herring-bone Coralline. ib. 21 Lobsters' Horn Coralline, ib. 22 Nit Coralline, , 110 23 Brown Hydra, ib. 24 Broad-leaved Hornwrack, ib. 25 Prickly do. ib. 26 Chalky Axis, ib. 27 Great Tooth Coralline, ib. 28 Pitcher Hornwrack, ib. 29 Animal of ...
Francis S. Wiggins, James Pedder, Josiah Tatum, 1837
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An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines and ...
Hornwrack of Rass Synapsis, pag. 42. No. 9. called Fucur telam lineamsericeamve texturasua zemulam ; and sends out Clusters of Vesicles from several Parts of its creeping Tube, each of which has a black Spot in it, like the Spawn of F rogs: ...
John Ellis, 1755

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORNWRACK»

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Hundreds of starfish stranded on Mablethorpe beach after storms
“The fact that there's a razorshell and hornwrack in the picture, both shallow water residents, along with common starfish would back up the ... «Louth Today, Jan 12»

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