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A human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1996, D. Brothwell, European bog bodies: current state of research and preservation, Konrad Spindler, Harald Wilfing, Elisabeth Rastbichler-Zissernig, Dieter zur Nedden, Hans Nothdurfter (editors), The Man in the Ice, Volume 3: Human Mummies, Springer, page 161, Records of bog body discoveries extend back to 1640, this date referring to a find in Shalkholz Fen in Schleswig Holstein (Glob, 1969).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bog person
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
veenlijk
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Finnish:
suoruumis
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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French:
homme des tourbières
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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German:
Moorleiche
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Italian:
mummia di palude
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Polish:
zwłoki z torfowiska
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Russian:
боло́тная му́мия
(bolótnaja múmija)
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Swedish:
mosslik
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
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Swedish:
mosskropp
— human body naturally mummified in a peat bog
