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billabong
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun billabong has 2 senses
- billabong(n = noun.object) Array - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently; Array is a kind of pool, puddle
- billabong(n = noun.object) Array - a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high; Array is a kind of branch
CIDE DICTIONARY
billabong, 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.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
billabong, n. Austral. a branch of a river forming a backwater or a stagnant pool.
Etymology
Aboriginal Billibang Bell River f. billa water
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