Vocabulary : Water meter to Water motor

Water meter : A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
Water milfoil : Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions.
Water mill : A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
Water mint : A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
Water mite : Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, 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.
Water moccasin : A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.
Water mole : The shrew mole. See under Shrew. ;; The duck mole. See under Duck.
Water monitor : A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
Water monkey : A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
Water motor : A water engine. ;; A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.
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