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bayou, swampy

bayou,

swampy, sluggishly moving inlet found predominantly in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Bayou virus - a form of hantavirus carried by the rice rat, found in Louisiana and Texas, causing human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

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