musquash

mus·quash  (mskwsh, -kwôsh)

n.

See muskrat.

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[Perhaps of Massachusett origin; akin to Western Abenaki mòskwas.]

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musquash [ˈmʌskwɒʃ]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for muskrat esp the fur

[from Algonquian: compare Natick musquash, Abnaki muskwessu]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

musquash - beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur Ondatra zibethica, muskrat gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing genus Ondatra, Ondatra - muskrats

Translations

musquash [ˈmʌskwɒʃ] N

1. (= animal) = muskrat

2. (= fur) → piel f de ratón almizclero

musquash [ˈmʌskwɒʃ] n

(= animal) → loutre f

(= fur) → rat m d'Amérique, ondatra m

musquash

n → Bisamratte f

musquash [ˈmʌskwɒʃ] n (fur) → rat musqué m inv

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musquash [ˈmʌskwɒʃ] n (fur) → rat musqué m inv