by-channeln.
/ˈbʌɪˌtʃanəl/ A side-stream apart from the main channel; figurative a collateral branch (of a family).
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > stock, race, or family > [noun] > branch > collateral branch
by-channel1628
offshoot1710
offset1711
lateral branch1869
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] > side-stream or backwater
wash1530
by-river1577
by-stream1615
float1629
slew1708
by-rilla1711
marigot1759
off-stream1793
slougha1817
spreader1845
backwater1863
by-water1863
by-channel1864
billabong1865
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. lii. sig. I9 Not a by-Channell or bastard escapes him.
1864 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons (ed. 2) Pref. p. vi The network of by-channels and lakes, which everywhere accompanies its [sc. the Amazon's] course.
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