RIVERS

Noun

rivers

plural of river

Verb

rivers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of river

Proper noun

Rivers

plural of River

Proper noun

Rivers

A surname.

A town in Manitoba

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rivers is the 897^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38,662 individuals. Rivers is most common among Black (50.9%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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RIVER

Riv"er, n.

Definition: One who rives or splits.

Riv"er, n. Etym: [F. rivère a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. Arrive, Riparian.]

1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook. Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. Macaulay.

2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. River chub (Zoöl.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.

– River crab (Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as T. depressa of Southern Europe.

– River dragon, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt.

– River driver, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett.

– River duck (Zoöl.), any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.

– River god, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity.

– River herring (Zoöl.), an alewife.

– River hog. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamochoerus. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara.

– River horse (Zoöl.), the hippopotamus.

– River jack (Zoöl.), an African puff adder (Clotho nasicornis) having a spine on the nose.

– River limpet (Zoöl.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.

– River pirate (Zoöl.), the pike.

– River snail (Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond.

– River tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.

Riv"er, v. i.

Definition: To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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