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Accumulation of partially decayed vegetation
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs
Peat
Type of wetland with peat-rich soil
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four
Bog
American basketball player (born 2007)
Koa Peat (born January 20, 2007) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. A consensus five-star recruit
Koa_Peat
British multinational professional services and accounting company
"KPMG" stands for "Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler". The initialism was chosen when KMG (Klynveld Main Goerdeler) merged with Peat Marwick in 1987. KPMG has
KPMG
Three consecutive championship titles
In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three
Three-peat
American football player (born 1964)
Marion Todd Peat Sr. (born May 20, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League
Todd_Peat
American football player (born 1993)
Andrus Jamerson Peat (born November 4, 1993) is an American professional football offensive tackle. He played the previous nine seasons for the New Orleans
Andrus_Peat
Genus of mosses, peat moss
bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants
Sphagnum
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Peat or peat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peat is an accumulation of decayed vegetation matter. Peat may also refer to: Peat (surname)
Peat_(disambiguation)
American actress (born 1972)
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career with small parts on television before making her feature film debut in
Amanda_Peet
Surname list
Peat is an English and Scottish patronymic surname. People with the name Peat include: Andrus Peat (born 1993), American football player Arthur Peat (1940–2012)
Peat_(surname)
British accountant and secretary of Prince Charles
Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat GCVO FCA (born 16 November 1949) is an English retired accountant and courtier. He was the Principal Private Secretary
Michael_Peat
Forests with waterlogged soil preventing decomposition
Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing. Over time, this creates a thick
Peat_swamp_forest
David Peat (22 March 1947 – 16 April 2012) was an award-winning Scottish documentary-maker, cinematographer and photographer. Peat was born in Glasgow
David_Peat
Natural fiber
The name coco peat may refer either to coir or the pith or a mixture, as both have good water-retaining properties as a substitute for peat. The name coir
Coir
Scottish folk band
Peat and Diesel are a three-piece band from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, comprising Calum “Boydie” MacLeod, Innes Scott and Uilly Macleod
Peat_and_Diesel
Soil type
Tropical peat is a type of histosol that is found in tropical latitudes, including South East Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. Tropical peat mostly
Tropical_peat
British mountain biker
Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a British professional downhill
Steve_Peat
Wetland terrain without forest cover, dominated by living, peat-forming plants
soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat. Peatlands arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually
Peatland
Rugby player
Lindsay Peat is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Peat represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Peat is an all-round sportswoman
Lindsay_Peat
Ecoregion in Borneo
The Borneo peat swamp forests ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, are on the island of Borneo, which is divided
Borneo_peat_swamp_forests
Defunct Irish aircraft lessor
Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) was an aircraft leasing company set up in 1975 by Aer Lingus, the Guinness Peat Group (a London-based financial services
Guinness_Peat_Aviation
Peat swamps in New South Wales, Australia
Mountains are a geographically dispersed group of ecologically endangered peat swamp communities, spanning multiple parts of the World Heritage-listed Blue
Swamps_of_the_Blue_Mountains
Type of habitat
similar to heaths, but are distinguished by having a covering of peat. On western moors, the peat layer can be several metres thick. Scottish "muirs" are generally
Moorland
Ecoregion in Indonesia
The Sumatran peat swamp forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0160) covers the low-lying peat swamp forests along the northeast coast of the island of Sumatra
Sumatran_peat_swamp_forests
Finland is one of the last countries in the world still burning peat. Peat has high global warming emissions and environmental concerns. It can be compared
Peat_in_Finland
20th-century European protest song
"Peat Bog Soldiers" (German: Die Moorsoldaten) is one of Europe's best-known protest songs. It exists in countless European languages and became a Republican
Peat_Bog_Soldiers
BBC governor (born 1945)
Professor Jeremy Alastair Peat OBE FRSE (20 March 1945 - 12 April 2026) was a member of the Competition Commission and former director of the David Hume
Jeremy_Peat
Corpse preserved in a bog
A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and
Bog_body
Canadian ice hockey player (1980–2024)
Stephen Boyd Peat (March 10, 1980 – September 11, 2024) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. Between 2001 and 2005, he played four seasons
Stephen_Peat
Hydrocarbon wax substance
Peat Wax is a dark waxy substance extracted from peat using organic solvents. It is very similar to the coal derived Montan wax and therefore has similar
Peat_wax
Canadian soldier and author
Reginald Peat (July 12, 1893 – 1960) was a Canadian soldier and author. Born in Jamaica in 1893, and emigrated to Toronto with his mother, Peat was educated
Harold_R._Peat
Hamlet in Fife, Scotland
Peat Inn is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, around 7 miles (11 kilometres) southeast of Cupar on the B940 and 6 miles (10 kilometres) southwest of St Andrews
Peat_Inn
Physicist and author (1938–2017)
Francis David Peat (18 April 1938 –6 June 2017) was a British holistic physicist and author who has carried out research in solid state physics and the
F._David_Peat
Women's volleyball team of De La Salle University
title in 2004, 2005, 2006 (as 3-peat champions), 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 (as 3-peat champions), 2016, 2017, 2018 (as 3-peat champions), 2023, and 2026. They
De La Salle Lady Spikers volleyball
De_La_Salle_Lady_Spikers_volleyball
British politician and cricketer
Urie Peat MC (28 February 1892 – 27 October 1979) was a British Conservative Party politician and cricketer. He was the son of William Barclay Peat, founder
Charles_Peat
Largest global accounting networks
Arthur Young, Coopers & Lybrand, Deloitte Haskins and Sells, Ernst & Whinney, Peat Marwick Mitchell, Price Waterhouse, and Touche Ross. The Big Eight gradually
Big_Four_accounting_firms
English football club season
Retrieved 24 January 2026. Peat, Charlie (14 January 2026). "Report: Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2026. Peat, Charlie (17 January
2025–26_Arsenal_F.C._season
Island in New South Wales, Australia
151°11′39″E / 33.52939167°S 151.1941917°E / -33.52939167; 151.1941917 Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury
Peat_Island
British businessman (1852–1936)
Sir William Barclay Peat CVO (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG. Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus,
William_Barclay_Peat
Type of wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps
Fen
Wetland in New Zealand
The Kopuatai Peat Dome is a large peatland complex on the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It consists of two raised domes, one in the
Kopuatai_Peat_Dome
Former railway line in Scotland
55°55′13″N 4°09′46″W / 55.920167°N 4.162817°W / 55.920167; -4.162817 Lenzie Peat Railway was a narrow-gauge railway which ran on Lenzie Moss, which is situated
Lenzie_Peat_Railway
Church of England clergyman
Lawrence Joseph Peat (29 August 1928 – 16 March 2018) was a Church of England priest who was Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness from 1989 until 1995
Lawrie_Peat
2026 studio album by Kneecap
contains 14 songs including collaborations with Fawzi and Lankum's Radie Peat. A European tour in promotion of the album is scheduled to start in June
Fenian_(album)
Irish folk band
multi-instrumentalists Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat. Originally a duo consisting of the Lynch brothers, known as Lynched, the
Lankum
American auto racing season
Indianapolis 500 winner and a four-time series champion, including defending three-peat champion. On September 12, 2024, IndyCar announced that the Firestone Tire
2026_IndyCar_Series
Compressed block of biomass used for fueling a fire
other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, peat, or paper) used for fuel and kindling to start a fire. The term is a diminutive
Briquette
Type of fine grained sedimentary mud
decay of peat. It is black and has a gel-like consistency. Aerobic digestion of the peat by bacteria forms humic acid and reduces the peat in the first
Gyttja
Low frost heave in polar and subpolar climates
Palsas are peat mounds with a permanently frozen peat and mineral soil core. They are a typical phenomenon in the polar and subpolar zone of discontinuous
Palsa
Species of amphibian
The Malesian frog, Malaysian river frog, Malaysian peat frog, or peat swamp frog (Limnonectes malesianus) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae
Malesian_frog
Malt or grain whisky distilled in Scotland
is "medium-bodied ... saturated with peat-smoke, brine and iodine" because they use malt that is heavy with peat as well as peaty water. Whisky from the
Scotch_whisky
Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute (STROPI) is a research institute that was set up by the government of Sarawak in 2008, with the stated aim of
Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute
Sarawak_Tropical_Peat_Research_Institute
Iron Age bog body
Yde Girl (English: /ˈɪdə/ ) is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly
Yde_Girl
Former museum in Somerset, England
The Peat Moors Centre lay on the road between Shapwick and Westhay in Somerset, England. The centre was run by the Somerset Historic Environment Service
Peat_Moors_Centre
Railway line in Russia
63222°E / 58.30443; 48.63222 The Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963 and has a total length
Pishchalskoye_peat_railway
Country in Northwestern Europe and the Caribbean
caused the fertile peat to contract and ground levels to drop; groundwater levels were lowered to compensate, causing the underlying peat to contract further
Netherlands
Anglican cleric (1772–1837)
Sir Robert Peat (c. 1772 – 20 April 1837) was an Anglican cleric and, according to some sources, the first Grand Prior of the revived English langue of
Robert_Peat
Rail line in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
The Solotchinskoye peat railway is located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 2010, has a total length of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) and
Solotchinskoye_peat_railway
Railway line in Russia
wagon Peat briquette factory Open wagon unloading peat Peat briquette factory Open wagon for peat Narrow-gauge railways in Russia Altsevo peat railway
Kerzhenets_peat_railway
Investment holding company
Guinness Peat Group was an investment holding company with interests in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The company, which had been formed as an investment
Guinness_Peat_Group
English former professional footballer who plays for Bridlington Town
Nathan Neil Martin Peat (born 19 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer. He played for Hull City, Cambridge United, Lincoln City
Nathan_Peat
1918 American film
Private Peat is a lost 1918 American silent biographical drama film directed by Edward José and written by and starring Harold R. Peat. It was produced
Private_Peat
Railway line in Russia
The Pelgorskoye peat railway (Russian: Пельгорское, pel'GORskoye) is located in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1950, and has
Pelgorskoye_peat_railway
Rail line in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
The Gladkoye peat railway (Russian: Узкоколейная железная дорога торфопредприятия «Гладкое») is located in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was
Gladkoye_peat_railway
those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear fuel, natural gas, oil shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal
List of largest power stations
List_of_largest_power_stations
Rail line in Kirov Oblast, Russia
dumper Dymnoe peat Dymnoe peat railway Narrow-gauge railways in Russia Gorokhovskoye peat railway Otvorskoye peat railway Pishchalskoye peat railway Wikimedia
Dymnoye_peat_railway
English miser, eccentric and kleptomaniac
Jane, Lady Peat (c.1751—26 November 1842) was an English miser, eccentric and kleptomaniac, and the estranged wife of Sir Robert Peat. Born Jane Smith
Jane_Peat
Peat used in balneotherapy
Balneological Peat (also known as medicinal peat or moor mud) is a natural material formed from decomposed plant matter in wetland environments. It has
Balneological_peat
Bog-like ecosystem common in Arctic and boreal areas
mashkiig; Cree: maskīk; French: fondrière de mousse, lit. moss bog) is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic
Muskeg
Peat railway
06811 The Tyosovo peat railway (Russian: Тёсовская торфовозная узкоколейная железная дорога) is located in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened
Tyosovo_peat_railway
Scottish footballer
Mark Peat (born 13 March 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bo'ness United in the Scottish Junior Football Association
Mark_Peat
Type of wetland
type of bog rises in height over time as a result of peat formation. They are like sponges of peat moss, full of water, that form a more or less dome shape
Raised_bog
Bog bodies found in a peat bog in Denmark
The Borremose bodies are three bog bodies that were found in the Borremose peat bog in Himmerland, Denmark. Recovered between 1946 and 1948, the bodies of
Borremose_bodies
1977 studio album by The Corries
Peat Fire Flame is an album recorded in 1977 by The Corries, a Scottish folk group. The combolin (an instrument devised by Roy Williamson) is heard to
Peat_Fire_Flame
Irish semi-state energy company
"The Peat Board") is a semi-state company in Ireland. The company was created by the Turf Development Act of 1946 to mechanize the harvesting of peat to
Bórd_na_Móna
British sprinter (1947–1997)
Valerie Peat, née Valerie Wild, (30 April 1947 – 14 May 1997) was a British international sprinter who competed at the Olympic Games. Peat became both
Val_Peat
Major component of natural organic matter
earth". Humic substances constitute the majority of organic matter in soil, peat, coal, and sediments, and are important components of dissolved natural organic
Humic_substance
North American professional basketball league
guard Isiah Thomas. Jordan and Scottie Pippen led the Bulls to two three-peats in eight years during the 1991–1998 seasons. Hakeem Olajuwon won back-to-back
National Basketball Association
National_Basketball_Association
Rail line in Kirov Oblast, Russia
6715059°E / 58.0752729; 47.6715059 The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length
Otvorskoye_peat_railway
Island (natural or artificial) made of floating plants, mud, and peat
A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred
Floating_island
1993 basketball championship series
1960s to win three consecutive championship titles, clinching the "three-peat" with John Paxson's game-winning 3-pointer that gave them a 99–98 victory
1993_NBA_Finals
Area of low lying land in eastern England
had their arable fields. Though these lands were lower than the peat fens before the peat shrinkage began, the more stable silt soils were reclaimed by
The_Fens
Iron Age bog body from Denmark
deposited. On 8 May 1950, peat cutters Viggo and Emil Hojgaard discovered a corpse in the peat layer of the Bjældskovdal peat bog, 12 km (7.5 mi) west
Tollund_Man
Canals in England
and Hatfield Moors Peat Canals were a series of canals in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England, which were used to carry cut peat from Thorne and Hatfield
Thorne and Hatfield Moors Peat Canals
Thorne_and_Hatfield_Moors_Peat_Canals
Bog body of an Iron Age man found in England
discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat cutters. Lindow
Lindow_Man
Association football club in England
2024, City effectively made it a four-peat. By winning the title in 2021, City effectively made it a four-peat. Remains the record home attendance in
Manchester_City_F.C.
Railway line in Russia
40992°E / 55.48234; 40.40992 The Gusevskoye peat railway is located in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1920, and has a total length
Gusevskoye_peat_railway
Collective term for higher-quality coal
environment, and slows decay. The dead plant material is converted to peat. Peat is mostly a mixture of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin that originally
Bituminous_coal
British businessman
Nathaniel Peat is a British-Jamaican social entrepreneur, and international motivational speaker known for his work in youth empowerment, renewable energy
Nathaniel_Peat
Place in Florida listed on National Register of Historic Places
individuals were found buried in the peat at the bottom of the pond. The skeletons were well preserved because of the peat. In addition, remarkably well-preserved
Windover_Archeological_Site
Watson Peat, born Louisa Watson Small, (1883–1953) was an Irish-born writer and lecturer. Born in Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, Louisa Peat attending
Louisa_Watson_Peat
American high school basketball game
Alijah Arenas, Brayden Burries, and Koa Peat were uncommitted. Arenas committed to USC on January 30, 2025. Both Peat and Burries committed to Arizona after
2025 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
2025_McDonald's_All-American_Boys_Game
British multinational sewing supply company
1986, a merger with Vantona Viyella created Coats Viyella. In 2003 Guinness Peat took Coats private and in 2015 the business returned to the market as Coats
Coats_Group
New Zealand author and photographer (1947–2026)
Neville Douglas Peat MNZM (29 November 1947 – 1 March 2026) was a New Zealand author and photographer, based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula. He specialised
Neville_Peat
Ecoregion in Peninsular Malaysia
The Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests is an ecoregion on Malay Peninsula, which includes portions of Malaysia. It is in the tropical and subtropical
Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests
Peninsular_Malaysian_peat_swamp_forests
2008 studio album by Lil Wayne
Grammy Awards. The album also featured the releases of promo singles. "3 Peat" peaked at number 66 on the Billboard 100. "You Ain't Got Nuthin" featuring
Tha_Carter_III
Suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Peats Ridge is a suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the Central Coast Council local government area. Peats Ridge
Peats_Ridge
National Basketball Association team in Los Angeles, California
championships between 2000 and 2002, securing the franchise's second "three-peat". The "Shaq-and-Kobe" era ended when the Lakers traded O'Neal after the team
Los_Angeles_Lakers
particular, coal and peat have historically been common solid fuel for stoves. Peat cutters use a tool called a tarasgeir in Gaelic. Peat sources are now scarce
Multi-fuel_stove
PEAT
PEAT
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and Lancashire)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and Lancashire) : habitational name from any of several places called Mos(e)ley in central, western, and northwestern England. The obvious derivation is from Old English mos ‘peat bog’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, but the one in southern Birmingham (Museleie in Domesday Book) had as its first element Old English mūs ‘mouse’, while one in Staffordshire (Molesleie in Domesday Book) had the genitive case of the Old English byname Moll.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Gaelic, Indian, Irish, Scottish
Dweller on the Plain; Plain; Flat Area; Peat Moss; Child of the Fields
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly West Midlands)
English (mainly West Midlands) : habitational name from Peyton in Sussex, named the Old English personal name Pǣga + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, or from some other place similarly named. Peyton in Essex has probably not contributed; it has a quite different early etymology, and even in the 16th century it was still Pakenho or Patenhall.Irish (mainly County Donegal) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin ‘descendant of Peatán’, a pet form of the personal name Pádraig (see Patrick). Outside County Donegal, the name is apparently mainly of English origin (see 1).
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : from the personal name Moss, a Middle English vernacular form of the Biblical name Moses.English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a peat bog, Middle English, Old English mos, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. (It was not until later that the vocabulary word came to denote the class of plants characteristic of a peat-bog habitat, under the influence of the related Old Norse word mosi.)Americanized form of Moses or some other like-sounding Jewish surname.Irish (Ulster) : part translation of Gaelic Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmhóna’, a personal name composed of the elements maol ‘servant’, ‘tonsured one’, ‘devotee’ + a second element which was assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland’, ‘peat bog’.
Girl/Female
English American
A flowering evergreen plant that thrives on peaty barren lands as in Scotland. Heather.
PEAT
PEAT
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Wishes.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
To Bring Wealth
Boy/Male
Muslim
Newborn child.
Boy/Male
English Latin
Form of Vincent 'conquering.
Male
Danish
, ever-living.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Excellent One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stebbins 1.English : from an unattested Old English nickname Stybbing ‘stumpy one’.
Girl/Female
Greek
Mother of Hercules.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Hebrew, Scandinavian
Gazelle
PEAT
PEAT
PEAT
PEAT
PEAT
n.
The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.
a.
Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.
n.
An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.
a.
Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.
a.
Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
n.
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
n.
Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
n.
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.
n.
A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
n.
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
n.
A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.
n.
A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
n.
A square piece of turf or peat.
n.
Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
n.
A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
n.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.