WATER FLAG
Wa"ter flag`. (Bot.)
Defn: A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
WATER FLANNEL
Wa"ter flan"nel. (Bot.)
Defn: A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a
European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
WATER FLEA
Wa"ter flea`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; — so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
WATERFLOOD
Wa"ter*flood`, n. Etym: [AS. wæterflod.]
Defn: A flood of water; an inundation.
WATER FLOUNDER
Wa"ter floun"der. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]