creek

Noun
  1. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) (synset 109252316)
    "the creek dried up every summer"
    is a type of: stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
    subtypes: brooklet - a small brook
    specific instances:
    • bull run - a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
    • aegospotami, aegospotamos - a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
    same as: brook
  2. Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma (synset 109673784)
    is a type of: amerindian, native american - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

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