anabranch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anabranch
1825–35; short for anastomotic branch. See anastomosis
Example Sentences
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A few miles farther we came to an anabranch of the creek, which turned considerably to the westward.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Ludwig Leichhardt
He rode round the outside track and came in on to the river just below where the anabranch joins it, at the lower end of the island and right opposite Bogan's camp.
From Children of the Bush by Henry Lawson
Some stockmen looking after the company’s cattle on an anabranch of Cornish Creek, were surrounded by water, and lived on jerked beef for a month.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer
A man was sent ashore with blankets and tucker to mind the wool, and we crossed the river, butted into the anabranch, and started out back.
From Over the Sliprails by Henry Lawson
The creek here has an anabranch that leaves it about half a mile above and joins again about half a mile below; width of island half a mile.
From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by John McKinlay
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