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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...
- Originally, crawfish étouffée was a po****r dish amongst Cajuns in the bayous and backwaters of Louisiana. Food portal List of rice dishes List of stews...
- Houston businessmen initiated efforts to widen the city's extensive system of bayous so the city could accept more commerce between Downtown and the nearby port...
- swamps that are centered at large lakes. Swamps are often ****ociated with bayous in the southeastern United States, especially in the Gulf Coast region....
- 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...
- for mainly residential and leisure use. Canal estates (sometimes known as bayous in the United States) are a form of subdivision po****r in cities like Miami...
- 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...
- and applications unique to its design. Fish cages are placed in lakes, bayous, ponds, rivers, or oceans to contain and protect fish until they can be...
- oaks), and hickories with their roots submerged in the Mississippi Valley bayous indicative of the deep south. Nearby Crowley's Ridge is the only home of...