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hydroscope

The English word “hydroscope” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A device for viewing objects below the surface of the water.
  2. A kind of water clock consisting of a cylindrical graduated tube, from which the water escaped through a hole in the bottom.

Etymology

From hydro- + -scope.

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