
Meaning of ARROYO
| Pronunciation: | | u'royow
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] (southwestern United States) a stream or brook |
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Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |  Arroyo Willie Lee Woolston, an itinerant blues singer, settles down in a small town in New Mexico, hoping to find both community and a measure of peace. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar*roy"o\, n.; pl. {Arroyos}. [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium;
cf. Gr. ? river, stream, fr. ? to flow.]
1. A water course; a rivulet.
2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.]
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - A gully, ravine, or canyon created by a perennial or intermittent stream, with characteristic steep slopes frequently covered with vegetation.
- Waterway of ephemeral stream deeply carved in rock or ancient alluvium.
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