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Rivulet

//ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.

    "A rivulet of tears ran down his face."

  2. 2
    a small stream wordnet
  3. 3
    Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

Etymology

From Old French riveret (“little stream”) or from Italian rivoletto, from Italian rivo, from Latin rivus.

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