everglade

everglade
A tract of marshland, especially one containing clumps of sawgrass and hammocks of vegetation

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  • Everglade — may refer to:* Everglades, subtropical marshlands in Florida * Everglade Crayfish, species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida * Everglade Township, Stevens County, Minnesota, township in Stevens County, Minnesota, the United States *… …   Wikipedia

  • Everglade — Ev er*glade, n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] Note: When used in the United States without… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • everglade — ☆ everglade [ev′ər glād΄ ] n. [ EVER (in sense “unending”) + GLADE] a tract of marshy land covered in places with tall grass; swampland the Everglades large tract of subtropical marshland in S Fla.: c. 40 mi (65 km) wide …   English World dictionary

  • Everglade Township, Stevens County, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Everglade Township, Minnesota settlement type = Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Minnesota… …   Wikipedia

  • Everglade Raid — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Everglade Raid series = Woody Woodpecker caption = director = Paul J. Smith story artist = Homer Brightman animator = Robert Bentley Lester Kline Don Patterson voice actor = Daws Butler Grace Stafford… …   Wikipedia

  • Everglade’s pygmy sunfish — paprastasis nykštukinis saulešeris statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Elassoma evergladei angl. Everglade’s pygmy sunfish rus. карликовая элассома ryšiai: platesnis terminas – nykštukiniai saulešeriai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • Everglade State — noun a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War • Syn: ↑Florida, ↑Sunshine State, ↑FL • Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • everglade kite — noun see everglades kite * * * everglade kite, a hawk, now nearly extinct, that lives on snails, found in the Florida Everglades …   Useful english dictionary

  • everglade — noun Etymology: the Everglades, Fla. Date: 1823 a swampy grassland especially in southern Florida usually containing saw grass and at least seasonally covered by slowly moving water usually used in plural …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • everglade(s) — marshland covered with grass in places and usually having water …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • everglade — /ev euhr glayd /, n. a tract of low, swampy land, esp. in southern Florida, characterized by clumps of tall grass and numerous branching waterways. [1815 25, Amer.; EVER + GLADE] * * * …   Universalium

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