Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche
(Kobus leche), which has similar habits.
WATER BUFFALO
Wa"ter buf"fa*lo. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European buffalo.
WATER BUG Wa"ter bug`. (Zoöl.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other genera of the family Belostomatidæ. Their hind legs are long and fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size, being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of the water and fly about at night.
WATER BUTT
Wa"ter butt`.
Defn: A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
Dickens.
WATER CALTROP
Wa"ter cal"trop. (Bot.)
Defn: The water chestnut.
WATER CAN
Wa"ter can`. (Bot.)
Defn: Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; — so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock. Dr. Prior.