单词 | water-dwelling |
释义 | > as lemmaswater-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.] ΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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