Gyttja Definition

yŭttyä
noun
A dark mud that is rich in organic nutrients and oxygen and has accumulated at the bottom of a marsh or lake.
American Heritage

Origin of Gyttja

  • Swedish gyttja mud, ooze gheu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gyttja Sentence Examples

  • In the shallow lakes and enclosed bays of the sea there began to be formed and still is in course of formation a deposit known by the name gyttja, characterized by the diatomaceous shells it contains.

  • Sometimes the gyttja consists mainly of diatoms, and is then called bergmjiil.

  • The gyttja of the lakes is generally covered over by peat of a later date.

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Words Starting With

GGYGYT

Words Ending With

AJATJA

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