Waldo
See also: waldo
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]A play on the US name of the children's book series Where's Waldo?.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Waldo m
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes placed in families Galeommatidae or Montacutidae, both also in superfamily Galeommatoidea
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia – subclass; Heteroconchia – superorder; Venerida – order; Galeommatoidea – superfamily; Lasaeidae – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Waldo parasiticus - type species; see Waldo at World Register of Marine Species for others
References
[edit]- ^ Valentich-Scott, P.; O'Foighil, D. Li, J. 2013: Where’s Waldo? A new commensal species, Waldo arthuri (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatidae), from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys, 316: 67-80. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.316.4256
Further reading
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Waldo (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Waldo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Waldo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Waldo at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Waldo at World Register of Marine Species
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle."[1][2] Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.
Proper noun
[edit]Waldo
- A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
- 2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 217:
- He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waldo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walthall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈwaldo/ [ˈwal.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -aldo
- Syllabification: Wal‧do
Proper noun
[edit]Waldo (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ)
- a male given name from English
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