anabranch

[ an-uh-branch, -brahnch ]

/ ˈæn əˌbræntʃ, -ˌbrɑntʃ /

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noun

a stream branching off from a river and rejoining it further downstream.

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Origin of anabranch

1825–35; short for anastomotic branch.See anastomosis

Words nearby anabranch

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How to use anabranch in a sentence

After passing some gullies, we came into a more broken and hilly country; the river formed here a large anabranch.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt
An arm or anabranch, at first containing much water, and coming from the north, was on our right for some miles.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia|Thomas Mitchell

British Dictionary definitions for anabranch

anabranch

/ (ˈɑːnəˌbrɑːntʃ) /

noun

a stream that leaves a river and enters it again further downstream

Word Origin for anabranch

C19: from ana (stomosing) branch

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