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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...
- creature in Cajun folklore in Louisiana, United States, which haunts the bayous (swamps). It is variously described as the soul of an illegitimate unbaptized...
- 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...
- 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...
- Niceville Shalimar Valparaiso Below are a few of the tributary rivers and bayous that feed into the Choctawhatchee Bay. Choctawhatchee River Mitc**** River...
- 1910 to authorize the importation and release of hippopotamuses into the bayous of the state. Broussard argued the hippopotamuses would eat the invasive...
- Johns rivers, and the Mekong River and Delta, as well as the Louisiana bayous and Mesopotamian Marshes. The airboat’s characteristic flat-bottom allows...
- places in the Delta Lowlands. Pine Bluff has numerous cr****s, streams, and bayous, including Bayou Bartholomew, the longest bayou in the world and the second...
- 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...
- spread along the I-45 corridor and dumped in many areas, including various bayous surrounding the oil fields of Texas City, Texas. While in real life there...