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maskeeg

maskeeg is the archaic form of muskeg.

Meaning of muskeg

Noun

muskeg (countable and uncountable, plural muskegs)

  1. (Canada) 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.1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 2

Forms of maskeeg

pluralmaskeegs

Questions about maskeeg

What is maskeeg the archaic form of?
Maskeeg is the archaic form of muskeg.

Words near maskeeg in the dictionary

  1. masked shrikes
  2. masked up
  3. masked-man fallacies
  4. masked-man fallacy
  5. maskee
  6. maskeeg
  7. maskeegs
  8. maskees
  9. maskeg
  10. Maskegon
  11. maskegs

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