se·wel·lel (s -w l l)n. A small, thick-bodied rodent (Aplodontia rufa) of the Pacific coast of North America, having tiny eyes and small ears and usually found in communal burrows dug in the banks of streams. Also called mountain beaver. [Chinook  walál, robe of sewellel skins.] |
sewellel [sɪˈwɛləl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for mountain beaver (see beaver1 (sense 3))
[probably from Chinook]
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| Noun | 1. |  sewellel - bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodentgnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing Aplodontia, genus Aplodontia - type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers |
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