Anabranch
/ˈænəbɹæntʃ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Synonyms
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More examples"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.