red water

noun

1. a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma ) bovis , which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
2. any of various other animal diseases characterized by haematuria

Example Sentences

The river, perfectly clear of rocks, was a sheet of liquid porphyry, an arrow of dark-red water slightly flecked with foam.

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Man was made by Tiki, who took red clay, and kneaded it with his own blood, or with the red water of swamps.

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Trial by red water is generally applied to crimes of greater magnitude.

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The ponies swam the deep, strong, sixty-yard stream of turbulent red water.

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The rise of the river dates from the appearance of the red water, about the middle of July.

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