muskeg
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Canada, General American, UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌskɛɡ/
Noun[edit]
muskeg (countable and uncountable, plural muskegs)
- (Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
- 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 2:
- Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs.