desman


Also found in: Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

des·man

 (dĕs′mən)
n. pl. des·mans
Either of two aquatic, insectivorous, molelike mammals, Desmana moschata of eastern Europe and western Asia or Galemys pyrenaicus of southwest Europe, having dense brownish fur, a long snout, and a flattened scaly tail.
[Short for Swedish desmanråtta, muskrat : desman, musk (from Middle Low German desem, from Medieval Latin bisamum, of Semitic origin; see bśm in Semitic roots) + råtta, rat.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

desman

(ˈdɛsmən)
n, pl -mans
(Animals) either of two molelike amphibious mammals Desmana moschata (Russian desman) or Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean desman), having dense fur and webbed feet: family Talpidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
[C18: from Swedish desmansråtta, from desman musk (of Germanic origin) + råtta rat]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Dorsey noted that Desman performed the design and construction engineering for the parking deck when it was built in 2003 and will have the advantage of access to source documents.
Mount Prospect might build bridge from parking deck's new elevator
The Pyrenean desman is the only species of mammal in its entire genus, Thomas pointed out.
Can 'assisted colonization' help save species in a warming world?
Dona Barbara, que participa de una esencia tan faustica como la venta de su alma al diablo, hunde sus raices en la vieja (y colonizadora) promesa de la modernizacion, como salvaguarda frente a los desmanes de la barbarie y el salvajismo llanero (tanto de las clases populares como de las dominantes), en tanto que enarbola las banderas propias del modernismo y su apuesta por la cientificidad.
Fausto, Prometeo y Petroleo: A la luz de Utopias Hermeneuticas y Alternativas
Weyland se esfuerza por presentar esa intervencion con todos los rasgos de lo incivilizado: arbitraria, impulsiva, es "agresion", es un "desman".
Estrategias para entrar y salir del mercado. La revista Bibliograma (1953-1957) y la renovacion de la critica argentina en los anos '50
Back in October of 2013, Desman Associates billed the city a whopping $45,000 for a 22-page report that didn't contain 5,000 words of text that recommended that they, Desman Associates, be permitted to implement the new parking program.
As predicted, Dyster parking plan resurrected following election win
A K-9 dog was called to the scene, and the second suspect - Pharaoh Desman Kairell Dickerson - was found and arrested after hiding in a yard in the 1700 block of F Street, police said.
AROUND THE REGION
Tercero: cuando con posterioridad los diarios admitieron el desman, fruto de la falta de contraste, en ningun caso destinaron identica superficie a la necesaria rectificacion (negligencia).
La imagen del menor en la cobertura fotoperiodistica de conflictos armados. El caso de la prensa generalista de Espana
Isabel Fiel, MD; Hamid Reza Sima, MD; Garrett Desman, MD; Amirabbas Azarian, MSc; Patrick Lento, MD; Thomas D.
Increased thickness of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue occurs more frequently in steatohepatitis than in simple steatosis

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?