pondwater

English

Etymology

pond +‎ water

Noun

pondwater (usually uncountable, plural pondwaters)

1. The water in a pond.
   • 2009 February 3, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People’s Lives”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.