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MUSQUASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does musquash mean?
• MUSQUASH (noun)
The noun MUSQUASH has 1 sense:
1. beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Familiarity information: MUSQUASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
muskrat; musquash; Ondatra zibethica
Hypernyms ("musquash" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("musquash" is a member of...):
genus Ondatra; Ondatra (muskrats)
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