Waldo
See also: waldo
Translingual
Etymology
A play on the US name of the children's book series Where's Waldo?.[1]
Usage notes
- Sometimes placed in families Galeommatidae or Montacutidae, both also in superfamily Galeommatoidea
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): Waldo parasiticus - type species; see Waldo at World Register of Marine Species for others
References
- 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
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
Alternative forms
- Waldeve, Waldef
- Waltheof (obsolete or historical)
Etymology
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
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
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waldo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walthall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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