water body
See also: waterbody
English
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Etymology
Noun
water body (plural water bodies)
- Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as a river, a lake or a bay.
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Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:body of water
Translations
significant accumulation of water — see body of water
Further reading
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