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bayou

noun

1 bayou

A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Dutch: moerassige rivierarm


Moby thesaurus: affluent, arm, armlet, bay, belt, bight, billabong, boca, branch, confluent, confluent stream, cove, creek, dendritic drainage pattern, effluent, estuary, euripus, feeder, fjord, fork ... show more.

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