muskeg
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muskeg (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 2005, p. 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.
- 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter 2005, p. 2:
