fens

plural of fen
as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds

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Noun
  • Volunteers in masks and gloves have been collecting the 15-pound birds from shorelines, marshes and ponds, hoping to reduce the risk to pets and children.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Hiking trails lead through swampy marshes with light-green water filling the forest floor.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As a result, robots are unable to access a wide range of critical terrestrial environments, such as wetlands, bogs, coastal marshes, river estuaries, and fields, which are abundant in nature.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2025
  • They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Fens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fens. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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