WATER DEER Wa"ter deer`. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks. (b) The water chevrotain.
WATER DEERLET
Wa"ter deer"let.
Defn: See Water chevrotain.
WATER DEVIL
Wa"ter dev"il. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.
WATER DOCK
Wa"ter dock`. (Bot.)
Defn: A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
WATER DOCTOR Wa"ter doc"tor. (Med.) (a) One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. (b) A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.
WATER DOG
Wa"ter dog`.
1. (Zoöl.)