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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anabranch \An"a*branch\, n. [Anastomosing + branch.] A branch of a river that re["e]nters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia] [1913 Webster] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Billabong \Bil"la*bong`\, n. [Native name.] In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]