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Bayou

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Noun

1. bayou

a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

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Bayou

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noun
(in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river

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Bayou

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noun
in some parts of the S U.S., a sluggish, marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, etc.

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Bayou

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n.
1. A body of water, such as a creek or small river, that is a tributary of a larger body of water.
2. A sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands, marshes, or plantation grounds.

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