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ANABRANCHES
Noun
anabranches
plural of anabranch
Source: Wiktionary
ANABRANCH
An"a*branch, n. [Anastomosing + branch.]
Definition: A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia]
Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands. Col. Jackson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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