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peat bog

noun as in marshland

noun as in swamp

noun as in swampland

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Somewhere, the aforementioned Spanish director behind “The Exterminating Angel” is nodding wryly at the idea of a satire about G-7 leaders set in a peat bog thick with mummified zombies.

The party also wants to create three new National Forests in England and expand protection for “nature-rich” habitats—such as wetlands and peat bogs.

The party says it will create more "nature-rich habitats", including wetlands and peat bogs, as well as finding private finance to establish three new national forests in England.

From BBC

Well-preserved brain tissue has been recorded under some well-studied circumstances: mummification, freezing in permafrost, being tanned and preserved by acidic peat bogs.

And in peat bogs, the acid in sphagnum moss puts soft tissue through a tanning process that often preserves brain tissue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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