Everglades [ ev -er-gleydz ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛv ərˌgleɪdz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun (used with a plural verb )
a swampy and partly forested region in S Florida, mostly S of Lake Okeechobee. Over 5,000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
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How to use Everglades in a sentence 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 .
As in many lower-ranked parks on this list, pets in the Everglades are generally only allowed where vehicles drive.
At some of the parks in Florida — Everglades , Biscayne — it’s easy to socially distance when you are out on the water.
From Captains for Clean Water, Everyone in Between explores the value and wonder of Florida’s Everglades and Alaska’s Bristol Bay fisheries—as well as the threats to both—through the eyes and experience of Captain John Landry.
I understand that in the Everglades , there are alligators with little Jews on their shirt pockets.
It's so cold that the National Weather Service in Miami has issued a freeze watch for the Everglades .
And it expanded the National Parks System to include the Everglades , Joshua Tree National Park, and Big Bend National Park.
He suspects our snake is pregnant, and puts in a call to Dr. Skip Snow, lead python biologist with the Everglades National Park.
The Everglades , overrun with huge reptiles, is about to host its first-ever open season on snakes.
It was a party of Seminoles who had come out of the everglades like the bears to gather eggs.
It is near the mouth of the Miami River, a small stream which serves as an outlet to the overflow of the everglades .
Darkest Africa is no longer a mystery; but the Everglades to-day remain the sombre secret of our continent.
Lejoillie had a great desire to visit the Everglades —a large tract extending over the greater part of the southern end of Florida.
I had leave for a month once; and like an ass I prepared to spend it in a hunting-trip among the Everglades .
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British Dictionary definitions for Everglades
pl n
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)
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