anabranch

n. ஆற்றிலிருந்து பிரிந்து ஆற்றிலேயே திரும்ப வந்து விழும் ஓடை.

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An"a*branch, n. [Anastomosing + branch.] Defn: A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia] 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.

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