Word Meanings - STICKLEBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

WATERBIRD
Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
Constructure
That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
WATERQUALM
See Water brash, under Brash.
Water-closet
A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
Waterpot
A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
Allineation
Alt. of Alineation
WATERCELERY
A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.
Generalizing
of Generalize
WATERSHREW
Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris)
Water dock
A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
Water-retted
of Water-ret
Armament
A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
WATERCROWFOOT
An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England. Great water crowfoot, an American water plant (Ranunculus multifidus), having deep yellow flowers.
Generatrix
That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.
WATERTHERMOMETER
A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39Âº Fahr., or 4Âº Centigrade; and from that point down to 32Âº Fahr., or 0Âº Centigrade, or the freez
Water flannel
A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
Water shrew
Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palu
Armillae
of Armilla
WATERFLAG
A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
Prickleback
Alt. of Pricklefish

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