Moses-on-a-raft
noun
variants or less commonly Moses-in-the-bulrushes
ˈ⸗⸗⸗⸗ˈ⸗ˌ⸗⸗
: oyster plant sense 3
Word History
Etymology
so called from the infant Moses' having been placed by his mother in an ark made of bulrushes on the edge of a river to escape death by the Egyptians (Exodus 2:3)