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
