billabong

English Thesaurus

1. a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high (noun.object)

hypernym	:	branch,
definition	:	a stream or river connected to a larger one (noun.object)

2. a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently (noun.object)

hypernym	:	pool, puddle,
definition	:	a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid (noun.object)

domain region	:	australia, commonwealth of australia,
definition	:	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 (noun.location)