An inland broad expanse of salt water, usually shallow, and connected with the sea by one or more channels, or washes over the reef.
·noun A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lago...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Those produced by coral animals; they are of various shapes, belted with coral, frequently with chan...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...