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单词 water-dwelling
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water-dwelling
water-dwelling adj. and n. [in quots. 1859 and 1860 after Sanskrit kaivartaka fisherman, member of the fisherman caste, of uncertain Dravidian origin, with folk-etymological reinterpretation after Sanskrit ke (locative) in water + vartaka existing, dwelling.]
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1859 W. Elliot Flora Andhrica i. 76 (table) The word [Kaivartakam]..signifies ‘water-dwelling’.
1860 M. Reid Odd People 72 We have already stated, that the water-dwelling Indian is a fisherman.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times v. 122 The curious habit of water-dwelling.
1936 Discovery Jan. 7/2 South American water-dwelling frogs.
2013 Nature of Scotl. Spring 5/2 These winged stages develop after the mayfly has spent one or two years as a water-dwelling larva.
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