mus|keg

mus|keg
mus|keg «MUHS kehg», noun.
1. a bog or marsh filled with sphagnum moss, chiefly in the tundra or forest regions of Canada, Alaska, and northern Europe: »

Much of the Arctic land is muskeg, a swampy muck which will not support even a man, much less an airstrip (Science News Letter).

2. any one of certain mosses.
[< Algonkian (Cree) maskik, (Ojibwa) maskeg swamp, wet meadow]

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