river deity

Compar. Relig .: A river-god (q. v.). "Praying the river - deity to let them cro ."-Tylor & Prim . Cult . (ed. 1873), ii. 210. river-delta, s. [DELTA.] river-dolphins, s. pl. Zool .: The family Platan is tide (q. v.). river-dragon, substant. A crocodile. (So calle by Milton ( P. L., xii. 191), in allusion to Ezekiel xxix. 3.)