Word Meanings - WATERDEERLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database
See Water chevrotain.
- Water measurer
Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2. - WATERBALLAST
Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. - WATERPLANT
A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant. - Water breather
Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills. - Water opossum
See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum. - WATERBREATHER
Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills. - WATERRATTLEWATERRATTLER
The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water. - Water chevrotain
A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet. - Water plantain
A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain. - WATERCHICKWEED
A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions. - WATERSPEEDWELL
A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America. - Water cure
Hydropathy. - Water ram
An hydraulic ram. - WATERTORCH
The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior. - Water scorpion
See Nepa. - WATERFURROW
A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry. - WATERWING
One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. - Water gang
A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
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