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Any water-based cyclone, usually much smaller than a tornado in magnitude.
We saw a water devil form in the late afternoon on the lake.
See Also: dust devil
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Water devil — Wa ter dev il (Zo[ o]l.) The rapacious larva of a large water beetle ({Hydrophilus piceus}), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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