Meanings
nounpondwater (usually uncountable, plural pondwaters)
plural pondwaters
- uncountableusuallyThe 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
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pondwater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pondwater
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“pondwater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pondwater. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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