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Bayou - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bayou : (noun)
1: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used
mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bayou : \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without
perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
S.]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.
Cable.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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