Definition of Billabongs

1. Noun. (plural of billabong) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Billabongs

1. billabong [n] - See also: billabong

Lexicographical Neighbors of Billabongs

bill of materials
bill of particulars
bill of quantities
bill of review
bill of rights
bill of sale
bill of sight
bill of store
bill poster
bill sticker
billa vera
billability
billable
billables
billabong
billabongs (current term)
billard
billary
billboarded
billboarding
billboardless
billboardlike
billboards
billbook
billbooks
billbug
billbugs
billed
biller

Literary usage of Billabongs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"D. Macdonald, 'Gum Boughs,' P- 25: "What a number of swallows skim about the ' billabongs' along the rivers in this semi-tropical region." 1893. ..."

2. South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions by William Harcus (1876)
"None of these creeks contain permanent water. Abraham's billabongs are long deep ponds, in heavy paper-bark and gum forests, and are permanent, ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1889)
"... spreads over extensive plains, filling numerous creeks, lakes and billabongs, the only points not inundated being the peculiar red loamy sand-dunes. ..."

4. The Real True Story Book by Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford (1895)
"advanced, and sent off large billabongs (or backwaters) to the south, slightly changing the course of the Creek each time, until it disappeared altogether ..."

5. Handbook of South Australia by David John Gordon (1908)
"Of the inland waters the River Murray and its lakes and billabongs are the best for fish, and they abound with them. The famous Murray cod is in demand ..."

6. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Visitors are advised to go in drier May-August, especially toward the latter when wildlife gather around shrinking watercourses and billabongs. ..."

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