musquashes

Variant of musquash

musquash definition

☆ mus·quash (mus′kwäs̸h′, -kwôs̸h′)

noun pl. musquashes -·quash′es or musquash -·quash′

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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