hydroscope

[ hahy-druh-skohp ]
/ ˈhaɪ drəˌskoʊp /

noun

an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.

Origin of hydroscope

First recorded in 1670–80; hydro-1 + -scope

OTHER WORDS FROM hydroscope

hy·dro·scop·ic [hahy-druh-skop-ik] /ˌhaɪ drəˈskɒp ɪk/, hy·dro·scop·i·cal, adjective hy·dro·sco·pic·i·ty [hahy-druh-skoh-pis-i-tee] /ˌhaɪ drə skoʊˈpɪs ɪ ti/, noun

Words nearby hydroscope

hydrorrhea, hydrorrhea gravidarum, hydros., hydrosalpinx, hydrosarcocele, hydroscope, hydroseed, hydrosere, hydroski, hydrosol, hydrosoma

Example sentences from the Web for hydroscope

  • The former was a hydroscope, who fell into convulsions whenever he passed over running water.

    Curious Myths of the Middle Ages |Sabine Baring-Gould

  • He knelt for some time longer, watching the fish, before he resigned the hydroscope to me.

    Police!!! |Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for hydroscope

hydroscope
/ (ˈhaɪdrəˌskəʊp) /

noun

any instrument for making observations of underwater objects

Derived forms of hydroscope

hydroscopic (ˌhaɪdrəˈskɒpɪk) or hydroscopical, adjective