mudflat

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mudflat

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From mud + flat.

noun mudflats · mud flat · mud-flat

  1. A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide. The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.

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noun flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat

Españolllanura de marea
한국어갯벌 gaetbeol, 개펄 gaepeol
中文淤泥灘 /淤泥滩 yūnítān
Portuguêsalagadiço
Françaissèche
DeutschWattenmeer
Italianobarena
Tiếng Việtbãi bùn

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@misc{mudflat_2026,
  title = {mudflat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mudflat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}