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water mold

(Encyclopedia)water mold, common name for a group of multinucleated organisms that superficially resemble fungi but are now recognized as having an independent evolutionary lineage and are placed in the kingdom Pro...

water moccasin

(Encyclopedia)water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake, Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sen...

heavy water

(Encyclopedia)heavy water: see deuterium.

water buffalo

(Encyclopedia)water buffalo: see buffalo.

water chestnut

(Encyclopedia)water chestnut: see sedge.

water clock

(Encyclopedia)water clock: see clepsydra.

water flea

(Encyclopedia)water flea: see crustacean.

water gardening

(Encyclopedia)water gardening: see hydroponics. ...

water hog

(Encyclopedia)water hog: see capybara.

water hyacinth

(Encyclopedia)water hyacinth: see pickerelweed. ...