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| massasauga |
a brown and white rattlesnake found in swampy areas of the southern and eastern United States. |
| mire |
a swampy area filled with such soil; bog. [1/7 definitions] |
| miry |
full of or like mire; swampy or boggy. [1/2 definitions] |
| slough1 |
a swampy or marshlike hollow or region. [1/2 definitions] |
| tupelo |
any of several sour gum trees of swampy areas in the southern United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| water moccasin |
a large, olive-brown, venomous snake found in the lowlands and swampy areas of the southern United States. |
| white cedar |
an evergreen tree of the cypress family growing in swampy areas of the eastern United States, having soft, pliable, light-colored wood. [1/3 definitions] |
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