muskeg [< Algonk.; Cree muskāk swamp] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n.
an organic bog which is a brown to black mixture of water and living and dead vegetation often covered with a carpet of sphagnum or other mosses and often of considerable depth.
See also: pothole (def. 4) sink-hole (def. 1) muskeg swamp (def. 1) ice road
2 n.
terrain made up of or characterized by such bogs.
See also: muskeg swamp (def. 2)
3 n.
the substance (humus, vegetation, etc.) of which such bogs consist.