musquash

mus·quash

M0498400 (mŭs′kwŏsh′, -kwôsh′)n. See muskrat.

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

musquash

(ˈmʌskwɒʃ) n1. (Textiles) another name for muskrat, used esp to refer to its fur2. (Animals) another name for muskrat, used esp to refer to its fur[C17: from Algonquian: compare Natick musquash, Abnaki muskwessu]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

musquash - beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown furOndatra zibethica, muskratgnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawinggenus Ondatra, Ondatra - muskrats

Translations

topo muschiato