rivulet
noun
[ ˈrɪvjʊlɪt ]
• a small stream of water or another liquid.
• "sweat ran in rivulets down his back"
• a brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland.
Origin:
late 16th century: alteration of obsolete riveret (from French, literally ‘small river’), perhaps suggested by Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, based on Latin rivus ‘stream’.
