billabong

🇺🇸 /ˈbɪləbɔːŋ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbɪləbɒŋ/
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A body of stagnant water that forms when a river overflows its banks and then gets cut off from the main flow.

We went fishing in a secluded billabong where the water was calm and teeming with life.

translation

n. A body of stagnant water that forms when a river overflows its banks and then gets cut off from the main flow.

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Plural billabongs