Anabranch

//ˈænəbɹæntʃ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream. especially

    "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."

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river

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"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."

Etymology

From ana- (“extracted from anastomosing”) + branch.

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