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Definition of Bayous

Bayous
Bayou Bay"ou, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque.] 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. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W. Cable.
Bayou
Bayou Bay"ou, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque.] 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. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W. Cable.

Meaning of Bayous from wikipedia

- typically contain brackish water highly conducive to fish life and plankton. Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States...
- winding bayous. These bayous were left behind by the great wanderings, over time, of the Trinity River across the land. When it rains, the bayous fill with...
- creature in Cajun folklore in Louisiana, United States, which haunts the bayous (swamps). It is variously described as the soul of an illegitimate unbaptized...
- may refer to: Bayou Country, a region in the Gulf Coast of the US where bayous are found Bayou Country (album), a 1969 album by American rock band Creedence...
- of Mount Vernon and Citronelle, and to the east, it reached through the bayous and forests around Daphne to the Perdido River. Cajans were of varying racial...
- Originally, crawfish étouffée was a po****r dish amongst Cajuns in the bayous and backwaters of Louisiana. "Étouffée" is the sixth track on Vince Staples's...
- Niceville Shalimar Valparaiso Below are a few of the tributary rivers and bayous that feed into the Choctawhatchee Bay. Choctawhatchee River Mitc**** River...
- was largely limited to higher ground along the natural river levees and bayous. Wood's pump system allowed the city to drain huge tracts of swamp and marshland...
- Fugitive slaves, called maroons, could easily hide in the backcountry of the bayous and survive in small settlements. The word "maroon" comes from the Spanish...
- Florida, among others. In the 1780s, Louisiana had a maroon community in the bayous of Saint Malo. The leader of the Saint Malo maroon community was Jean Saint...