About The Word Billabong
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Billabong
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What's The Definition Of Billabong?
[n] a branch of a river running to a dead end
[n] (Australian) a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently Synonyms | Synonyms for Billabong: Related Terms | Find terms related to Billabong: See Also | branch | pool | puddle Billabong In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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