Usually means: Branches flowing from main river.
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  1. distributaries: Merriam-Webster
  2. distributaries: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distributaries: Collins English Dictionary
  4. distributaries: Vocabulary.com
  5. distributaries: Wordnik
  6. distributaries: Wiktionary
  7. distributaries: Dictionary.com
  8. Distributaries: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. distributaries: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See distributary as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (distributary)

adjective:  That distributes.
noun:  (hydrology) A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.
▸ Also see distributary


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