aquifer

See also: Aquifer and aqüífer

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Etymology

From Latin aqua (“water”) + -fer (“-bearing”).

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aquifer (plural aquifers)

  1. An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
    The water in the well came from an aquifer.

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