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nurseponds

nurseponds is the plural of nursepond.

Meaning of nursepond

Noun

nursepond (plural nurseponds)

  1. (rare) A pond where fish are fed.
    • And I note , that when you store your pond , you are to put into it two or three melters for one spawner , if you put them into a breeding pond ; but if into a nurse-pond or feeding-pond , in which they will not breed , then no care is to be taken1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

Questions about nurseponds

What is nurseponds the plural of?
Nurseponds is the plural of nursepond.

Words near nurseponds in the dictionary

  1. nursemaiding
  2. nursemaids
  3. nurseman
  4. nursemen
  5. nursepond
  6. nurseponds
  7. nurser
  8. nurseries
  9. nursers
  10. nursery
  11. nursery cannon

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