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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river, about 500 km (310 mi) long, of central Nebraska formed by the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte Rivers and flowing eastward to the Missouri River at the Iowa border below Omaha.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

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