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waterpoint

waterpoint noun: a place (such as a watering hole) where water is available to local wildlife.

Noun

waterpoint (plural waterpoints)

  1. A place (such as a watering hole) where water is available to local wildlife.
    • Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46

Forms of waterpoint

pluralwaterpoints

Origin of waterpoint

From water + point.

Questions about waterpoint

What does waterpoint mean?
Waterpoint means a place (such as a watering hole) where water is available to local wildlife.
What part of speech is waterpoint?
Waterpoint is a noun.
What is the plural of waterpoint?
The plural of waterpoint is waterpoints.

Words near waterpoint in the dictionary

  1. waterplant
  2. waterplantain
  3. waterplantains
  4. waterplants
  5. waterplay
  6. waterpoint
  7. waterpoints
  8. waterpolo
  9. waterpoppies
  10. waterpoppy
  11. waterport

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