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deltaic.

Adjective
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MEANING

Relating to the branching channels and deposits at a river's mouth.

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  • deltaic deposits
  • deltaic plain

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Channels cut through the deltaic plain.
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deltaic

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Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.

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