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maskeg

maskeg is the alternative 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 maskeg

pluralmaskegs

Questions about maskeg

What is maskeg the alternative form of?
Maskeg is the alternative form of muskeg.

Words near maskeg in the dictionary

  1. masked-man fallacy
  2. maskee
  3. maskeeg
  4. maskeegs
  5. maskees
  6. maskeg
  7. Maskegon
  8. maskegs
  9. Maskell
  10. Maskells
  11. Maskelyne

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