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  • Philosophe en méditation — Philosopher en méditation (ou Intérieur avec Tobie et Anna) de Rembrandt (1632) Le Philosophe en méditation est un tableau au musée du Louvre peint par le maître néerlandais Rembrandt et datant de 1632. Philosophe en méditation (Bredius 431) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Scalaria pretiosa — Wentletrap Wen tle*trap , n. [D. wenteltrap a winding staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.] Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa}, which was formerly highly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • staircase shell — Wentletrap Wen tle*trap , n. [D. wenteltrap a winding staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.] Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa}, which was formerly highly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wentletrap — Wen tle*trap , n. [D. wenteltrap a winding staircase; cf. G. wendeltreppe.] [Obs.] Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially {Scalaria pretiosa}, which was formerly highly valued;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wentletrap — noun Etymology: Dutch wenteltrap winding stair, from Middle Dutch wendeltrappe, from wendel turning + trappe stairs Date: 1758 any of a family (Epitoniidae) of marine snails with usually white shells; also one of the shells …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • List of English words of Dutch origin — This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well. Some of… …   Wikipedia

  • Wentletrap — Taxobox name = Wentletrap image caption = Two shells of Epitonium humphreysii , Humphrey s wentletrap regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Caenogastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha subordo =… …   Wikipedia

  • wentletrap — /wen tl trap /, n. any of several marine gastropods of the family Epitonii (Scalariidae), having a whitish, spiraled shell. [1750 60; < D wenteltrap, earlier wendeltrap spiral staircase, equiv. to wend(en) to turn + freq. el (Compare wentelen to… …   Universalium

  • wentletrap — [ wɛnt(ə)ltrap] noun a marine mollusc with a tall spiral shell of many whorls. [Clathrus clathrus and other species.] Origin C18: from Du. wenteltrap, lit. winding stair …   English new terms dictionary

  • wentletrap — wen•tle•trap [[t]ˈwɛn tlˌtræp[/t]] n. ivt any of various marine gastropods of the family Epitoniidae, typically white with sharply defined axial ridges • Etymology: 1750–60; < D wenteltrap, earlier wendeltrap spiral staircase =wend(en) to turn …   From formal English to slang

  • wentletrap — /ˈwɛntltræp/ (say wentltrap) noun any of the handsome, usually white, spiral shelled marine gastropods constituting the genus Scalaria or the family Scalariidae. {Dutch wenteltrap winding stair, spiral shell} …  

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