doo-doo water

doo-doo water
 n.— «Then there is what the department affectionately refers to as “doo-doo water,” a brackish substance used by the department that simulates the environment mosquitoes thrive in.» —“Fighting the invasion” by Kipp Hanley Potomac News (Woodbridge, Virginia) Sept. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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