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muskeg

  • /ˈmʌskɛɡ/ Canada, US, UK

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From Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek).

noun muskegs

  1. Canada, countable, uncountable A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce. 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.

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@misc{muskeg_2026,
  title = {muskeg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muskeg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}