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  • 101quaking bog — noun : a bog of forming peat that is wholly or partially floating and that shakes when walked on …

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  • 102sphagnum bog — noun : a bog containing sphagnum and usually other characteristic and acid tolerant plants (as pitcher plants of the genus Sarracenia, sundews, or heaths) and tending to form deposits of peat …

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  • 103ALLEN, BOG OF —    a dreary expanse of bogs of peat E. of the Shannon, in King s Co. and Kildare, Ireland; LOUGH OF, an expansion of the waters of the Shannon …

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  • 104common bog rosemary — noun erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe • Syn: ↑marsh andromeda, ↑Andromeda polifolia • Hypernyms: ↑andromeda …

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  • 105peatbog — peat bog n. See bog. * * * …

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  • 106Chat Moss — Coordinates …

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  • 107Lindow Man — Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and Pete Marsh, is the name given to the naturally preserved bog body of an Iron Age man, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, Mobberley side of the border with Wilmslow, Cheshire, northwest England, on 1… …

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  • 108List of bogs — This is a list of bogs.Types of bogs*String bog a bog consisting of slightly elevated ridges and islands, with woody plants, alternating with flat, wet sedge mat areas *Raised bogLocations of bogsEurope*Ballynahone Bog a raised bog and the… …

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  • 109Tollund Man — The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre Roman Iron Age.Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/tollund.html|title=Tollund …

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  • 110Haraldskær Woman — The Haraldskær Woman is an Iron Age bog body found naturally preserved in a bog in Jutland, Denmark. Labourers discovered the body in 1835 while excavating peat on the Haraldskær Estate. Disputes regarding the age and identity of this well… …

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