arroyo has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (southwestern United States) a stream or brook

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

With the first reports , Russell 's horse wheeled to the right and ran towards the buildings while Cook , followed by a hail of bullets , raced towards the arroyo of Salyer_'s_Canyon immediately in_front_of him , just reaching it as his horse fell .

Grabbing his Winchester from its sheath , Cook prepared to fight from behind the arroyo bank .

Just before leaving the arroyo where he was partially concealed , he did hear shots down at the house .

Related terms

gully Southwest

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1010
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