'anabranch' definitions:

Definition of 'anabranch'

From: GCIDE
  • Billabong \Bil"la*bong`\, n. [Native name.] In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]