"beaver deceiver" meaning in All languages combined

See beaver deceiver on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: beaver deceivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beaver deceiver (plural beaver deceivers)
  1. A device to prevent flooding damage due to beaver dams, such as a hidden pipe (that cannot be detected or easily blocked by beavers) to divert water which would otherwise build up behind the dam.
    Sense id: en-beaver_deceiver-en-noun-QIoOkQ3Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English rhyming compounds

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for beaver deceiver meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)

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