distributary

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distributary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Distributary \Dis*trib"u*ta*ry\, a.
     Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes;
     distributive.
     [1913 Webster]

distributary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  distributary
      n 1: a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream
           and does not rejoin it [ant: affluent, confluent,
           feeder, tributary]