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fen⋅land

[fen-land, -luhnd]
–noun
a low area of marshy ground.

Origin:
fen 1 + land

Fens

[fenz]
–noun
(Fenland), a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
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fenland

noun
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh
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