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   rivulet

   /ˈrɪvjʊlɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a small stream of water or another liquid: "sweat ran in rivulets down his back"
   • ▪ a very small river or stream. literary
   • 2. a brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland.

   Word Origin late 16th century: alteration of obsolete riveret (from French, literally ‘small river’), perhaps suggested by Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, based on Latin rivus ‘stream’.

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