oxbow lake

Noun

 * 1) A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.

Synonyms

 * billabong

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: stummlynn
 * Czech: mrtvé rameno
 * Dutch: hoefijzermeer
 * Esperanto: meandra lago
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Altarm,
 * Icelandic: bjúgvatn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 三日月湖
 * Korean: 우각호
 * Macedonian: мртвица
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: kroksjø, meandersjø
 * Polish:, jezioro przyrzeczne
 * Portuguese: braço morto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:, mrtvi rokav
 * Spanish: brazo muerto, lago en herradura
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: ystumllyn