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flinders river

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Flin⋅ders

  [flin-derz]
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–noun
1. Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
2. a river in NE Australia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 520 mi. (837 km) long.
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Flinders River  
An intermittent river of northeast Australia flowing about 837 km (520 mi) northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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flinders 
1450, Scottish flendris, probably related to Norw. flindra "chip, splinter," or Du. flenter "fragment," ult. from the same PIE root that produced flint (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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