Usually means: River branch flowing away mainstream.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. distributary: Merriam-Webster
  2. distributary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distributary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. distributary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. distributary: Vocabulary.com
  6. distributary: Wordnik
  7. distributary: Wiktionary
  8. distributary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. distributary: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. distributary: Dictionary.com
  11. Distributary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Distributary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. distributary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. distributary: Rhymezone
  15. Distributary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. distributary: FreeDictionary.org
  17. distributary: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. distributary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. distributary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distributary: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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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.

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