What does "estuary" mean?
Estuary: A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.
Additional senses
- 2.Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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