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| bayou |
a stream that moves slowly through a swamp or marsh. Bayous are found in the southern United States. |
| everglade |
a very large swamp in a warm climate. Rivers or streams flow slowly through an everglade, and tall, thick grass grows throughout. |
| morass |
an area of soft wet ground such as a swamp or bog. [1/2 definitions] |
| muskeg |
a swamp or bog in which there are many layers of decaying matter, often covered with sphagnum moss. |
| Pennsylvanian |
of, relating to, or designating the second coal-forming period of the Paleozoic Era, from approximately 320 million to 280 million years ago, when swamp forests were abundant and large reptiles appeared; Upper Carboniferous. [1/4 definitions] |
| swampland |
land in a swamp, or an area marked by swamps; marshland. |
| swampy |
of or like a swamp; marshy; spongy. [2 definitions] |
| Venus's-flytrap |
a swamp plant of the southeastern United States having leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when the sensitive hairs on them are touched, as by an insect. |
| wetland |
(often plural) low-lying land that is always wet, such as a marsh or swamp. |
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