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muskeg

noun mus·keg \ˈməs-ˌkeg, -ˌkāg\

Definition of MUSKEG

1
:  bog; especially :  a sphagnum bog of northern North America often with tussocks
2
:  a usually thick deposit of partially decayed vegetable matter of wet boreal regions
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Origin of MUSKEG

Cree maske·k
First Known Use: 1806

Related to MUSKEG

Synonyms
bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, swamp, slough (also slew or slue), swampland, wash, wetland

Rhymes with MUSKEG

blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg, foreleg, jackleg, jake leg, JPEG, milk leg, MPEG, nutmeg, peg leg, redleg, roughleg, Tuareg, unpeg

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