Waldo

See also: waldo

Translingual

Etymology

A play on the US name of the children's book series Where’s Waldo?.

Proper noun

Waldo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lasaeidae – small marine clams.

Usage notes

• Sometimes placed in families or , both also in superfamily

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order - order; Galeommatoidea - superfamily; Lasaeidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - type species; see

Waldo at World Register of Marine Species for others

Further reading

• Waldo (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Waldo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Waldo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Waldo at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Waldo at World Register of Marine Species

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English

Etymology

From the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”).

Proper noun

Waldo

1. 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.'

2. derived from the given name.

Derived terms

• Waldo County

See also

• Waldo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• woald

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Waldo.

Proper noun

Waldo

1. a male given name from English