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oxbow lakes

oxbow lakes is the plural of oxbow lake.

Meaning of oxbow lake

Noun

oxbow lake (plural oxbow lakes)

  1. A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
    • Near-synonym: billabong (Australia)
    Synonyms:
    billabong

Questions about oxbow lakes

What is oxbow lakes the plural of?
Oxbow lakes is the plural of oxbow lake.

Words near oxbow lakes in the dictionary

  1. oxblood
  2. Oxborough
  3. Oxborrow
  4. oxbow
  5. oxbow lake
  6. oxbow lakes
  7. oxbows
  8. Oxbridge
  9. Oxbridger
  10. Oxbridgers
  11. Oxbridgey

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