mudpuddle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a shallow pool of muddy water

   The wagon wheel splashed through a mudpuddle beside the road.

2. 2
   verb

   of butterflies or other insects: to gather on damp soil and take in moisture and dissolved minerals

   Several butterflies mudpuddled on the wet riverbank.

A compound of mud + puddle. The insect verb derives from the behavior called mud-puddling, in which butterflies and some other insects gather on wet soil to absorb salts and other nutrients.

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