Word Meanings - SWINE-POX - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox.

• Water mouse
  Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the
• WATERPORE
  A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally. 2. (Bot.)
• Water cavy
  The capybara.
• Water pillar
  A waterspout.
• WATERSAPPHIRE
  A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.
• Water crake
  The dipper.
• Water purslane
  See under Purslane.
• WATERCOURSE
  A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry. Angell. Burrill.
• WATERSUPPLY
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• Water dropwort
  A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
• Water-rotting
  of Water-rot
• WATERELDER
  The guelder-rose.
• WATERTURKEY
  The American snakebird. See Snakebird.
• Water frame
  A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
• Water spaniel
  A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
• WATERGERMANDER
  A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
• Water hare
  A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
• Water thrush
  A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).

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