a tidal mouth of a large river where tide meets the stream
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The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
‘The turtles spend most of their lives in mangrove-lined tidal estuaries, where rivers flow into the sea.’
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Mid 16th century (denoting a tidal inlet of any size): from Latin aestuarium ‘tidal part of a shore’, from aestus ‘tide’.
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