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BILLABONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("billabong" is a kind of...):
branch (a stream or river connected to a larger one)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("billabong" is a kind of...):
pool; puddle (a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
