rivulet

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/

The English word “rivulet” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

Etymology

From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et.

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