Billabong
Pronunciation : Bil"la*bong`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
[Native name.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913