as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds
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Recent Examples of fen
Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.
—Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
They can be found on all continents and are classified into bogs, fens and swamps.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
But after decades of habitat destruction, these handsome insects are now fragmented and locally extinct, holding out in the wettest fens, valleys, and peat bogs of the New Forest and Dorset.
—Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The plants have been found in Indiana's forested wetlands, fens, savannas and forests as well as long roadsides and in old crop fields.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
According to Indiana's Department of Natural Resources, wetlands include bogs, dune and swale, fens, flatwoods, floodplain forests, marshes, ponds, lakes, sedge meadows, seeps, streams, creeks, major rivers and swamps.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024
Traversing swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, bayous and baygalls across Georgia, Louisiana and his home of East Texas, Carter creates haunting photographs that invoke the imagination.
—Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
There are four main kinds: Marshes, swamps, bogs and fens.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.
—Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
They can be found on all continents and are classified into bogs, fens and swamps.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
But after decades of habitat destruction, these handsome insects are now fragmented and locally extinct, holding out in the wettest fens, valleys, and peat bogs of the New Forest and Dorset.
—Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The plants have been found in Indiana's forested wetlands, fens, savannas and forests as well as long roadsides and in old crop fields.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
According to Indiana's Department of Natural Resources, wetlands include bogs, dune and swale, fens, flatwoods, floodplain forests, marshes, ponds, lakes, sedge meadows, seeps, streams, creeks, major rivers and swamps.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024
Traversing swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, bayous and baygalls across Georgia, Louisiana and his home of East Texas, Carter creates haunting photographs that invoke the imagination.
—Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
There are four main kinds: Marshes, swamps, bogs and fens.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fen
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The route that runs straight through Darien, Georgia, and cuts across the marshes, rivers and creeks along coastal McIntosh County leads to a historic site: Butler Island, a once vast antebellum plantation.—
Melissa L. Cooper,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Medaka–aka the Japanese rice fish–are only about 1.4 inches long and can be found in rice paddies, ponds, marshes, quiet streams, and tide pools in Japan.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2025
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In addition, flamingos are increasingly being reported in the shallow treatment wetlands created along the northern fringe of the Everglades.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Nestled among 100 acres of wetlands in Snake River Canyon, there are six pools fed by hot springs scattered throughout the park, including a kids-only pool.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jim Paladino, Tampa Start with the swamp The Sun Sentinel recently published a letter by Deb Tarrant of Hillsboro Beach that could have been written by Trump himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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The locations team was worried, however, that the swamp was too slippery for actors, crew and animals, its bed made up of mud and roots.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Fen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fen. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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