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| bay·ou [ b, b ] (plural bay·ous) |
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marshland: in the southern United States, an area of slow-moving water, often overgrown with reeds, leading from a river or lake
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| [Mid-18th century. Via Louisiana French< Choctaw bayuk "small river forming part of a delta"] |
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