pond
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pond \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water,
and the same word as pound. See {Pound} an inclosure.]
A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and
usually of less extent than a lake. "Through pond or pool."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
{Pond hen} (Zool.), the American coot. See {Coot}
(a) .
{Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and
Illust. under {Nymph[ae]a}.
{Pond snail} (Zool.), any gastropod living in fresh-water
ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing
snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limn[ae]a, Physa,
Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are
pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and
various other genera.
{Pond spice} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera
geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves,
and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole
plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia
to Florida.
{Pond tortoise}, {Pond turtle} (Zool.), any freshwater
tortoise of the family {Emydid[ae]}. Numerous species are
found in North America.
[1913 Webster]
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
POND. A body of stagnant water; a pool.
2. Any one has a right to erect a fish pond; the fish in ii are
considered as real estate, and pass to the heir and not to the executor. Ow.
20. See Pool; River; Water.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pond":
artificial lake, bayou lake, cistern, dam, dead water, dike, etang,
farm pond, fishpond, freshwater lake, glacial lake, inland sea,
lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loch, lough,
mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pondlet, pool,
puddle, reservoir, salina, salt pond, stagnant water,
standing water, still water, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond,
volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, well
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