waterdog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of waterdog
Example Sentences
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Like the Neuse River waterdog, they spend their entire lives confined to water with larval gills and weakling limbs.
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022
In June 2021 the U.S. government listed the waterdog, whose population is falling, as “threatened.”
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022
The Neuse River waterdog can approach 28 centimeters, which is still twice as long as most other salamanders.
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022
Unable to traverse dry land, the waterdog remains isolated in two small river systems in North Carolina.
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022
I'm too much of a waterdog for that, Bessie.
From Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune by Webster, Frank V.
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