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Tombigbee definition

Tom·big·bee (täm big′bē)

river flowing from NE Miss. through Ala., joining the Alabama River to form the Mobile River: 409 mi (658 km)

Etymology: < Choctaw, coffin maker < itombi, box, coffin + ikbi, maker: referring to burial boxes used by Choctaws

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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