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1. (n.) bayou
(in the southern U.S.) a marshy arm of a lake, river, etc., usu. sluggish or stagnant.
Etymology: (1760–70, Amer.; < LaF, said to be < Choctaw bayuk river forming part of a delta)
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1. (noun) bayou
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
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1. (noun) bayou
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
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