Pond Definition–noun | 1. | a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream. | –verb (used without object) | 2. | (esp. of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle: to prevent rainwater from ponding on the roof. | |
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sixth astronomer royal of England, who organized the Royal Greenwich Observatory to an efficiency that made possible a degree of observational precision never before achieved.pond turtle
any of several freshwater turtles of the families Emydidae and Bataguridae. Two of the best known are emydids: the Pacific, or western, pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata) and the European pond turtle ...
Walden Pond
small pond (about 64 acres [26 hectares]) in Concord town (township), Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies just south of the village of Concord in Walden Pond State Reservation (304 ...
water strider
any insect of the family Gerridae (order Heteroptera), which numbers about 350 species. Water striders, often seen running or skating in groups over the surface of a pond or stream, are slender, dark ...
dabbling duck
any of about 38 species of Anas and about 5 species in other genera, constituting the tribe Anatini, subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae (q.v.; order Anseriformes). They feed mainly on water plants, ...
environmental works
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Thoreau, Henry David
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limnology
subsystem of hydrology that deals with the scientific study of fresh waters, specifically those found in lakes and ponds. The discipline also includes the biological, physical, and chemical aspects ...
mining
In certain cases placer material is most economically excavated with a shore-mounted dragline or backhoe and a floating (barge-mounted) concentrating plant. (The digging equipment may also be mounted ...
swimmer's itch
an infection of the skin marked by prickling sensations and itching, caused by invasion of the skin by larvae of trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, often found in freshwater lakes and ponds. |
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greenstate - Found Oct. 25, 2008
... linked to rising food costs, University of Texas researchers have turned their attention to a promising alternative fuel source: pond scum.
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CBS Sportsline - Found Oct. 24, 2008
... he was in that boat on that pond, and the boat quietly pulled up right next to one of those ducks ... he'd swing, miss, fall into the pond and...
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Fix the pond, kill the fish
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Body of dog discovered in a pond
BBC - Found Oct. 21, 2008
The RSPCA has started an investigation after the body of a dog was found in a pond in Nottinghamshire.
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Alley Pond course is high-flyin'
New York Daily News - Found Oct. 20, 2008
News It's not a bird, or a plane, it's just Ronald Hidalgo flying through the rarefied air of Alley Pond Park while riding the Human Slingshot.
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Conservancy buys Follensby Pond
Island Pond could get new wood pellet plant
Boston Globe - Found Oct. 18, 2008
ISLAND POND, Vt.Developers are hoping to set up a wood pellet manufacturing operation in a closed furniture factory in Island Pond that would
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Pond fall twin: parents' tribute
Why novelist is deeply indebted to Heath pond
Camden New Journal - Found Oct. 16, 2008
Why novelist is deeply indebted to Heath pond IDEAS ponds, “lesser-spotted Bill Oddies” and the effluence of Russian oligarchs – novelist
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