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melon holes

melon holes is the plural of melon hole.

Meaning of melon hole

Noun

melon hole (plural melon holes)

  1. (Australia) A small hole or concavity in the landscape where rainwater gathers.
    • ‘When I was a young man out there in the scrubs, me and Dougald tailing them beasts from one melon hole to another day after day, never seeing another living soul, I'd ride along dreaming of a girl like you and forget where I was.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 247
    Synonyms:
    gilgai, pademelon hole, paddymelon hole

Questions about melon holes

What is melon holes the plural of?
Melon holes is the plural of melon hole.

Words near melon holes in the dictionary

  1. melon fly
  2. melon head
  3. melon heads
  4. melon heptenal
  5. melon hole
  6. melon holes
  7. melon muncher
  8. melon munchers
  9. melon-headed
  10. melon-headed whale
  11. melon-headed whales

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