MOUNTAIN BEAVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain beaver mean? 

• MOUNTAIN BEAVER (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN BEAVER has 1 sense:

1. bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN BEAVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN BEAVER (noun)

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Meaning:

Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplodontia rufa; mountain beaver; sewellel

Hypernyms ("mountain beaver" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mountain beaver" is a member of...):

Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia (type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers)