Everglades

[ ev-er-gleydz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a swampy and partly forested region in S Florida, mostly S of Lake Okeechobee. Over 5,000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).

Everglades

/ ˈɛvəˌɡleɪdz /

plural noun

1. the Everglades
   a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The Everglades in Florida is home to all kinds of rare and dangerous species.

From FiveThirtyEight

Undeterred, I set out last month with my wife, Tina, from the trailhead due west of Miami, at the edge of the Everglades and a swampy expanse called Big Cypress.

From Outside Online

If you would rather square off against 100,000 hungry Everglades mosquitoes on their home turf than see your own face on video, a “cameras must be on” mandate is enough to get you buzzing with anxiety.

From Popular-Science

This raised boardwalk snakes through an area that frequently floods with nutrient-rich water that supports a mossy, fairytale forest you might sooner expect to see in the Everglades.

From Outside Online

As in many lower-ranked parks on this list, pets in the Everglades are generally only allowed where vehicles drive.

From Outside Online

I understand that in the Everglades, there are alligators with little Jews on their shirt pockets.

From The Daily Beast

It's so cold that the National Weather Service in Miami has issued a freeze watch for the Everglades.

From The Daily Beast

And it expanded the National Parks System to include the Everglades, Joshua Tree National Park, and Big Bend National Park.

From The Daily Beast

He suspects our snake is pregnant, and puts in a call to Dr. Skip Snow, lead python biologist with the Everglades National Park.

From The Daily Beast

The Everglades, overrun with huge reptiles, is about to host its first-ever open season on snakes.

From The Daily Beast

It was a party of Seminoles who had come out of the everglades like the bears to gather eggs.

From Project Gutenberg

It is near the mouth of the Miami River, a small stream which serves as an outlet to the overflow of the everglades.

From Project Gutenberg

Darkest Africa is no longer a mystery; but the Everglades to-day remain the sombre secret of our continent.

From Project Gutenberg

Lejoillie had a great desire to visit the Everglades—a large tract extending over the greater part of the southern end of Florida.

From Project Gutenberg

I had leave for a month once; and like an ass I prepared to spend it in a hunting-trip among the Everglades.

From Project Gutenberg