"water hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water hole (plural water holes)
  1. Alternative spelling of waterhole Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: waterhole
    Sense id: en-water_hole-en-noun-tx4qTzW0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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