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des·man (desmən)

noun

a molelike, aquatic insectivore mammal (family Talpidae) with webbed feet and a long, flexible snout: one species (Desmana moschata), trapped for its fur, is found in Russia and the other (Galemys pyrenaicus) in the Pyrenees

Etymology: < Swed desman-råtta < desman, musk + råtta, rat

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