'Billabong' definitions:
Definition of 'billabong'
(from WordNet)
noun
A stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
noun
A branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
Definition of 'Billabong'
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.]