rainpond

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noun

A pond which is fed by rain, such as a dewpond.

Scrabble 11

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nounrainpond (plural rainponds)

plural rainponds

  1. A pond which is fed by rain, such as a dewpond.

    ...small artificial rainponds made on the downs for the watering of cattle.

    1918, The Archaeological Journal, page 210
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    ... rainponds and small dams within a radius of fifty miles of Meru at altitudes of 4000 feet upwards. Unlike most Ducks it exhibits no preference between saline and fresh waters. At Ngiroin, a small group of rainponds about ten acres in[…]

    1946, The Ibis

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