Water devil

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:07

Wa"ter dev"il (?). Zool.

The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.

 

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