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| bayou |
a stream that moves slowly through a swamp or marsh. Bayous are found in the southern United States. |
| bog |
an area of soft, wet earth; marsh. [1/2 definitions] |
| calla |
a marsh plant of northern Europe and North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| cattail |
any of several tall, reedlike marsh plants with tiny brown flowers growing in dense rows on a cylindrical spike. |
| cowslip |
a marsh plant bearing bright yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| everglade |
a tract of swampland, esp. in Florida, having interlaced waterways and usu. dense stands of tall marsh grasses. |
| gallinule |
any of a variety of marsh birds characterized by long, webless toes and dark plumage. |
| harrier1 |
any of several related hawks that have narrow bodies and wings and prey on small animals and reptiles in open fields and marshes; marsh hawk. [1/2 definitions] |
| hummock |
a low, rounded mound or knoll of earth, esp. in a low-lying marsh. [1/2 definitions] |
| ignis fatuus |
a phosphorescent light that appears to hover over marshes at night, possibly arising from spontaneous combustion of marsh gases; will-o'-the-wisp. [1/2 definitions] |
| lake dwelling |
a dwelling, esp. in prehistoric times, built on wooden piles in a shallow part of a lake or marsh. |
| marshy |
of, resembling, or containing a marsh or marshes. |
| northern harrier |
a medium-sized gray or brown hawk common in marshes in North America and Eurasia; marsh hawk. |
| ooze2 |
any particularly soft mud, or an area, such as a marsh, that is soft and muddy. [1/2 definitions] |
| quaggy |
like a marsh or quagmire; boggy. [1/2 definitions] |
| quagmire |
wet, soft, sucking ground; marsh; bog. [1/2 definitions] |
| rail3 |
any of a number of marsh birds having brown plumage, short wings, and a lean body, found in many areas of the world. |
| reed |
any of various tall marsh grasses or their straight, jointed, hollow stalks. [1/3 definitions] |
| rose mallow |
any of several plants related to mallow, esp. a tall North American marsh species that has downy leaves and bears large, showy, white or pink flowers. |
| rush2 |
any of several marsh grasses. |
| salina |
a salty marsh, spring, lake, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
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