Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The island formed by an anabranch (which see).
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We were already in fact on a branch-island, immediately adjacent to the junction we were in search of and, as I intended to across the Murray either at or below that point, I determined to make an excursion in search of it next morning.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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