lakelet

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Various kinds of birds twittered among the bushes, and wherever water expanded in the form of pond or lakelet numerous waterfowl sported on the surface.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Pearson, Francis B.

So far as I know, it is the smallest area of water in the world that bears the name of lake; and it is also one of the rarest gems of the lakelet world.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Near by we came upon a steaming pool, or lakelet, of an acre or more in extent.

From Camping with President Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

There was water in the lakelet, Which perchance might fill two ladles, Or if more exactly measured, Partly was a third filled also.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Upon the bosom of the blue lakelet, the fountain of thy life, I have launched my birchen boat; and yielding to thy current, have floated softly southward.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne