musquash

English

Etymology

From Abenaki moskwas (or its Massachusett equivalent). Compare musquaw.

Noun

musquash (plural musquashes)

  1. The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. [from 17th c.]
    • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
      Thirdly, Muſquaſhes, which be much like a Beaver for ſhape, but nothing neare ſo bigge […].

Synonyms

Translations
Ondatra zibethicus — see muskrat
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