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Littell's Living Age, CLXI. 88. water-monitor (water-mon i-tor), n. A large water-padda (water-pad a), n. A South Afwater-lizard of the family Mon i to ridæ or Va- rican toad, Breviceps gibbosus. ranidæ ; any aquatic monitor, or varan. One of water-pang (water-pang), n . Pyrosis. the best-known is the Indian kabaragoya, or two-handed water-parsley (water-pärs"li), n. 1. One monitor, Monitor or Varanus salvator , attaining a length of 5 or 6 feet. See cut under Hydros a urus . water-monkey (water-mungki), n. A globu lar ve el with a straight upright neck, commonly of earthenware, used in tropical countries for holding water. water-mo (water-môs), n. A mo of the genus Fontinalis (which see). water-moth (water-môth), n. A caddis-fly: so called from its aquatic habits and resemblance to a moth. See cut under caddis - worm . Every good disciple of Walton and lover of the "gentle art" knows the value of the caddice-fly or water - moth as bait. Riley, 5th Mo. Ent. Rep., p. 16. of several water-loving umbelliferous plants. [Eng.]-2. See Richardson i a . water-parsnip (water-pärsnip), n. A plant of the genus Sium , especially S. lati folium . See cut under skirret . water-parting (water-pär"ting), n. Same as watershed. The high land which forms the divisional line between two contiguous river-basins is called the water - parting . Instead of water - parting some writers employ the term watershed.