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pondwater

pondwater noun: the water in a pond.

Noun

pondwater (usually uncountable, plural pondwaters)

  1. (usually) The water in a pond.
    • The worms start life as microscopic larvae inside tiny pondwater fleas but, once swallowed by people, emerge a year later as yard-long strands resembling fine spaghetti but wiggling out of acid-filled blisters, causing excruciating pain.2009 February 3, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People’s Lives”, in New York Times

Forms of pondwater

pluralpondwaters

Origin of pondwater

From pond + water.

Questions about pondwater

What does pondwater mean?
Pondwater means the water in a pond.
What part of speech is pondwater?
Pondwater is a noun.
What is the plural of pondwater?
The plural of pondwater is pondwaters.

Words near pondwater in the dictionary

  1. pondsteads
  2. pondus
  3. pondus Judaeus
  4. pondward
  5. pondwards
  6. pondwater
  7. pondwaters
  8. pondweed
  9. pondweeds
  10. pondwort
  11. pondy

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