muskeg

[ muhs-keg ]
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noun
  1. a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.

Origin of muskeg

1
1765–75; <Cree maske·k< Proto-Algonquian *maŝkye·kwi swamp
  • Also called mas·keg [mas-keg] /ˈmæs kɛg/ .

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How to use muskeg in a sentence

  • Toward evening the trail gradually swung to the east skirting muskeg country.

    Bulldog Carney | W. A. Fraser

British Dictionary definitions for muskeg

muskeg

/ (ˈmʌsˌkɛɡ) /


nounmainly Canadian
  1. undrained boggy land characterized by sphagnum moss vegetation: vast areas of muskeg

  2. a bog or swamp of this nature

Origin of muskeg

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C19: from Algonquian: grassy swamp

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