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alveus.

The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæl.vi.əs/
  1. The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.

    rare · usually
  2. A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.

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