BAYOU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bayou mean? 

• BAYOU (noun)
  The noun BAYOU has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BAYOU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAYOU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("bayou" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)