Nursepond

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pond where fish are fed. rare

    "And I note , that when you store your pond , you are to put into it two or three melters for one spawner , if you put them into a breeding pond ; but if into a nurse-pond or feeding-pond , in which they will not breed , then no care is to be taken"

Example

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"And I note , that when you store your pond , you are to put into it two or three melters for one spawner , if you put them into a breeding pond ; but if into a nurse-pond or feeding-pond , in which they will not breed , then no care is to be taken"

Etymology

From nurse + pond.

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