mudpuddle

English

Etymology

mud + puddle

Noun

mudpuddle (plural mudpuddles)

  1. A puddle of mud or muddy water.

Translations

Verb

mudpuddle (third-person singular simple present mudpuddles, present participle mudpuddling, simple past and past participle mudpuddled)

A butterfly mudpuddling
  1. Of butterflies, to congregate on moist soil for feeding
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    It is not known why some butterfly species mudpuddle, but it is well known that they do.
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