📖 Definitions of "Bayous"
noun
- 1
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
- 2
A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bayous"
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|---|---|
| marshesnoun | — |
| atchafalayanoun | A river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River. |
| marshnoun | An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.) |
| creeksnoun | (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water. |
| canalsnoun | a deserted hamlet located in the municipality of Baix Pallars, in Province of Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. |
| batturenoun | A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated. |
| gulf coastnoun | (geography) The coastline along the Southern United States where it meets the Gulf of Mexico. |
| sandbarsnoun | A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore. |
| estuariesnoun | A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone. |
| crawfishnoun | (United States, especially Southern US, Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish. |
| tallapoosa rivernoun | The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. |
| jean lafittenoun | A town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. |
| swampsnoun | An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.) |
| marshlandsnoun | Marshy land; bog or fen. |
| spanish mossnoun | A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas. |
| intracoastal waterwaynoun | a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. |
| covesnoun | A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. |
| sloughsnoun | The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. |
| spatterdocknoun | A water lily of species Nuphar advena, of temperate eastern North America. |
| tombigbee rivernoun | a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. |
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