Definition of Arroyo

1. Noun. A stream or brook.

Geographical relationships: Southwest, Southwestern United States
Generic synonyms: Gully

Definition of Arroyo

1. n. A water course; a rivulet.

Definition of Arroyo

1. Noun. A water course; a rivulet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arroyo

1. a brook or creek [n -ROYOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arroyo

arrowless
arrowlike
arrowroot
arrowroot family
arrowroots
arrows
arrowslit
arrowslits
arrowsmith
arrowsmiths
arrowwood
arrowwoods
arrowworm
arrowworms
arrowy
arroyo (current term)
arroyo willow
arroyos
arroz con pollo
arrythmogenic
ars
ars gratia artis
arsacetin
arsane
arsanes
arsanilic acid
arsanthridine
arsanthridines
arsanylidene
arsanylidenes

Literary usage of Arroyo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Correlation of the Rio Puerco and arroyo Torrejon sections published by Dr. Gardner of the ... Two .small exposures well up toward the head of Chico arroyo. ..."

2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Fires were frequent at both sites prior to 1945, but have been excluded from most of the arroyo Verde site since 1945 (see Fule and Covington in press for ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... thence up said arroyo to an estuary, and from that point to the place of beginning. II. 1. Appellants insist, as a primary proposition, ..."

4. Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez (1914)
"arroyo de la Alameda (creek of the cottonwood grove). arroyo Buenos Aires (creek of the good airs). See page 282. arroyo del Burro ..."

5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"It was of this same Father arroyo de la Cuesta that Beechey told an amusing but ... Father arroyo lectured them upon the enormity of what they had done, ..."

6. A Boy in the Peninsular War: The Services, Adventures and Experiences of by Robert Blakeney (1899)
"They occupied arroyo Molinos, a small town situated under the northern ... a broad chain of mountains which receded from arroyo in a semicircular form, ..."

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