n. A stream which flows into another stream or lake.
n. An organism having an important effect on a plant or animal community.
adj. Flowing in.
adj. Exercising astral influence.
adj. That is an influent.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Flowing in.
adj. Exerting influence; influential.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Flowing in.
Exerting influence; influential.
Noting that through which air or other fluid enters, either to cleanse or aerate: used of a pipe or duct, or channel.
n. A tributary stream, looked at from the point of view of the receiving stream.
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adj. flowing inward
Word Usage
"This means that the river feeds the groundwater table, rather than having its flow sustained by a high groundwater table, as is the case with "influent" rivers."