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Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.

A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.

Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidæ, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider.…

long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.

Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.

rial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.

Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.

A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.

An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa, and allied genera; a pond snail.

Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidæ, all of which are aquatic in their habits.

An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet- shaped leaves.

An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets…

An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.

A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.

An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.

An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling. Weaver bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to Ploceus and allied genera of the family Ploceidæ. Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests…