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Mouthful of water (7)

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delta

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'mouthful of water' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for delta that I've seen before include "Type of wing" , "Triangular river system" , "Multiple estuary" , "Area of distributaries at a river mouth" , "Triangular patch of land at mouth of river" .)

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