musquash

musquash Definition

☆ mus·quash (mus′kwäs̸h′, -kwôs̸h′)

noun pl. -·quash′es or -·quash′

any of a genus (Ondatra) of muskrats of N North America having rudderlike tails that are flat from top to bottom
Chiefly Brit. the fur of the muskrat

Etymology: < AmInd (Algonquian), akin to Abenaki muskwessu, it is red

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