"bog body" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bog bodies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bog body (plural bog bodies)
  1. A human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Wikipedia link: Galagh man, bog body Synonyms: bog person Translations (human body naturally mummified in a peat bog): veenlijk [neuter] (Dutch), suoruumis (Finnish), homme des tourbières (French), Moorleiche [feminine] (German), mummia di palude [feminine] (Italian), боло́тная му́мия (bolótnaja múmija) [feminine] (Russian), mosslik [neuter] (Swedish), mosskropp [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bog_body-en-noun-m-EU~mjA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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