Fenny

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the nature of a fen; marshy.
  • adj. Archaic Inhabiting or found in fens.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characteristic of a fen; marshy, swampy.
  • adj. Living or growing in a fen (now only of plants).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the character of a fen; boggy; marshy.
  • Inhabiting or growing in fens; abounding in fens: as, fenny brake.
  • Muddy.
  • Same as finewed.
  • Word Usage
    "The machinery is long gone and water mint, butterwort, dragonflies and frogs flourish in the fenny pools where grey crystals of galena were separated from the spoil, but the shells of the buildings remain."
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    swampy    boggy   
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