ROUND 3184 - OPHIURAN - VOTE NOW!

[Judy Madnick]

Here are 14 definitions for the word OPHIURAN shared as I received them -- but only one is correct. Please send your votes by responding to the Dixonary group for what you believe are two definitions most likely to have come from a dictionary. The deadline for voting is  Saturday, July 24, 2021, at 9 a.m. http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc Hope you don't mind the roughly 48-hour turnaround time, but Friday evening doesn't look possible for me.

Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication of the accuracy of a particular definition. 

 

Good luck!

 

Judy Madnick

 

 

1. (Brit., early 20th century) A preening dandy, one given to exotic, brightly colored dress; orig. after a lost civilization depicted in a novel by H. Rider Haggard.

 

2. earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.

 

3. An award cast in gold or gold clad.

 

4. Of or relating to the Biblical city of Ophir.

 

5. a very large and widely distributed genus of brittle stars.

 

6. twining as of climbing plants and lianas [from Gr. ophissnake]

 

7. a starfish.

 

8. Constricting; excessively tight.

 

9. Characterized by an iridescent tarnish.

 

10. (Microbiology) Any of a group of spirally coiled rodlike bacteria that includes the causative agent of syphilis.

 

11. An engineered stone used as a substitute for marble.

 

12. shore-dwelling [Gr.]

 

13. Any mammal of the order _Ophiura_, which includes marsupial omnivores such as bandicoots and bilbies.

 

14. A distortion-producing lens used to create a dreamlike quality.

 

Good luck!

 

Judy Madnick

 

 

 

 

[Tim B]

5 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[amal...@comcast.net]

Judy – I’ll go with 2 and 9, somewhat related.

Alan

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[Fein, Deborah]

1 and  14.  

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Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
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[Debbie Embler]

7 and 14 please

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[Johnb - co.uk]

I'll go for the starfish #5 and #7 please

JohnnyB

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll reach for tha stars: 5 and 7.

          5. a very large and widely distributed genus of brittle stars.

          7. a starfish.

--  Tim L

[Paul Keating]

I'll go with the crowd: 5 & 7.

P

[Daniel B Widdis]

I’ll believe 6’s etymology and assume 10 is similarly derived

[nancygoat]

I'll take 6 and 10.

Nancy

[Shani Naylor]

I'll follow the crowd with 5 & 7.

5. a very large and widely distributed genus of brittle stars.

 

7. a starfish.

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[Hero’s fall Cunningham]

2 and 7 for no reason at all

dave

[Ryan McGill]

Congratulations to everyone on crafting such convincing—or at least confusing—definitions. I have my suspicions about which are correct, but limited to two votes, I'm going to go like Moana with the shore-dwellers and the shiny:

9 and 12, please.