#145 billabong

billabong- a stagnant pool in the bed of an intermittent stream; a branch of a river running to a dead end

- C19 from native Australian, from billa- river+bong- dead

We saw birds, and Molly claimed to have caught a glimpse of a crocodile sunk in an inky billabong.

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