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ephemeral stream

American

[i-fem-er-uhl streem] / ɪˈfɛm ər əl ˈstrim /

noun

a stream that flows only when the stream bed is filled by runoff from rainfall and that dries up again shortly afterward.

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Noun Inflected Forms

ephemeral streams

plural

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