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Voyageur Mutual Funds III, et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 2/28/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/28/23, at 12:27pm ET   ·   Effective:  2/28/23   ·   Accession #:  1145443-23-82   ·   File #s:  2-95928, 811-04547

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/28/23  Voyageur Mutual Funds III         485BPOS     2/28/23   27:4.4M                                   Digital Publishi… Inc/FA
          → Delaware Select Growth Fund ⇒ Class A (DVEAX) — Class C (DVECX) — Class R (DFSRX) — Institutional Class (VAGGX)

Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A Registration   —   Rule 485(b)

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Post-Effective Amendment Filed Pursuant to          HTML   1.68M 
                Securities Act Rule 485(B)                                       
 2: EX-99.(D)(II)  Executed Investment Advisory Expense Limitation  HTML     13K 
                Letter (February 2023)                                           
 3: EX-99.(G)(1)(IV)  Executed Amendment No. 5 (December 31, 2021)  HTML    102K 
 4: EX-99.(G)(1)(V)  Executed Amendment No. 6 (December 31, 2021)   HTML     40K 
 5: EX-99.(H)(1)(III)  Executed Amended and Restated Schedule B     HTML     22K 
                (June 25, 2022)                                                  
 6: EX-99.(H)(2)(II)  Executed Amendment No. 2 (October 11, 2021)\  HTML     44K 
 7: EX-99.(H)(2)(III)  Executed Amendment No. 3 (December 31,       HTML     65K 
                2021)                                                            
 8: EX-99.(H)(2)(IV)  Executed Amendment No. 4 (January 31, 2022)   HTML     32K 
 9: EX-99.(J)   Consent of Independent Registered Public            HTML     10K 
                Accounting Firm (February 2023)                                  
10: EX-99.(N)(1)(I)  Updated Appendix A (October 31, 2022)          HTML    262K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     21K 
16: R2          Risk/Return Summary                                 HTML     69K 
17: R3          Risk/Return Detail Data                             HTML    259K 
18: R4          Shareholder Fees                                    HTML     27K 
19: R5          Annual Fund Operating Expenses                      HTML     39K 
20: R6          Expense Example                                     HTML     11K 
21: R7          Expense Example, No Redemption                      HTML      9K 
22: R8          Annual Total Returns                                HTML     42K 
23: R9          Average Annual Total Returns                        HTML     11K 
25: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     32K 
24: XML         XBRL Instance -- vmfiii-20221031_htm                 XML    109K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- vmfiii-20221031_def              XML    476K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- vmfiii-20221031_lab                   XML    359K 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- vmfiii-20221031_pre            XML    442K 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- vmfiii-20221031                       XSD     27K 
26: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              105±   231K 
27: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001145443-23-000082-xbrl      Zip    651K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — vmfiii-20221031_def

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