estuary

n. ஓதம் பொங்குமுகம், கழிமுகம்.

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Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. Etym: [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.] 1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle. 2. 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. Es"tu*a*ry, a. Defn: Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.

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