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One islet or eight? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

eyot

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(Other definitions for eyot that I've seen before include "Fawlty Towers waiter" , "Little island in a river or lake" , "land in the river" , "Another term for ait" , "There's one at Chiswick" .)

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