Serbonian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Serbonian \Ser*bo"ni*an\, a.
     Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of
     the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being
     solid land, but was a bog.
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           A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . .
           Where armies whole have sunk.            --Milton.
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