anabranch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From ana- (“extracted from anastomosing”) + branch.
Meanings
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(especially, in Australia, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
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.
1834, Colonel Jackson, “Hints on the Subject of Geographical Arrangement and Nomenclature”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anabranches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |