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Webster 1913 Edition
Nile
Nile
(nīl)
, Noun.
[L.
Nilus
, Gr. Νεῖλος
.] The great river of Egypt.
Nile bird
. (Zool.)
(a)
The wryneck.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The crocodile bird.
– Nile goose
(Zool.)
, the Egyptian goose. See Note under
Goose
, 2.