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  1. 1. 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
  2. 2. A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, themain stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself insandy soil. [Australia] Source: adambom

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