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vernal pools

vernal pools is the plural of vernal pool.

Meaning of vernal pool

Noun

vernal pool (plural vernal pools)

  1. A temporary pool that occurs seasonally in places with poor drainage, often with the onset of spring rains.
    • The report Sliding toward Extinction indicated that 66%, or nearly 2.8 million acres (1,131,000 ha), of Central Valley vernal pools has been lost.1992, Allan A. Schoenherr, A Natural History of California, page 526
    Synonyms:
    turlough

Questions about vernal pools

What is vernal pools the plural of?
Vernal pools is the plural of vernal pool.

Words near vernal pools in the dictionary

  1. vernal grass
  2. vernal grasses
  3. vernal point
  4. vernal points
  5. vernal pool
  6. vernal pools
  7. vernalgrass
  8. vernalgrasses
  9. vernalin
  10. vernalisation
  11. vernalisations

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