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41Water leaper — The Water Leaper, also known as Llamhigyn Y Dwr , is a creature from Welsh folklore that lived in swamps and ponds.It is described as a giant frog with a bat s wings instead of forelegs, no hind legs, and a long, lizard like tail. It jumps across …
42tail rot — a bacterial infection seen in aquarium fish kept in poor conditions when an infection can be result from an injury. Tuberculosis can also lead to tail rot. Antibiotics in the food and water are used in treatment. See also fin rot …
43tail bay — noun 1. a. : the bay of a framed floor or roof which is next to the end wall so that its joists rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder b. : the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor compare case bay 2. : the part of a …
44water hog — Bush Bush (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr, b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether …
45Water pheasant — Pheasant Pheas ant, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the …
46Water robin — Robin Rob in, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A… …
47tail walking — a hooked game fish remaining mostly out of the water by rapidly moving its caudal fin from side to side at the water surface …
48water turkey — noun blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions • Syn: ↑Anhinga anhinga • Hypernyms: ↑snakebird, ↑anhinga, ↑darter * * * noun : a New World snakebird (Anhinga anhinga) * * * anhinga. Als …
49water scorpion — /ˈwɔtə skɔpiən/ (say wawtuh skawpeeuhn) noun any of the aquatic hemipterous insects constituting the family Nepidae (genera Nepa, Ranatra, etc.), having a tail like process through which respiration is effected …
50tail gate — noun a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end • Hypernyms: ↑gate …
