distributaries

Variant of distributary

distributary definition

dis·tribu·tary (di strib′yo̵̅o̅ ter′ē)

noun pl. distributaries -·tar′·ies

any branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it

Etymology: < distribute, by analogy with tributary

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