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musquash


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musquash  \Mus"quash\,  n.  [American  Indian  name.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  See  {Muskrat}. 
 
  {Musquash  root}  (Bot.),  an  umbelliferous  plant  ({Cicuta 
  maculata}),  having  a  poisonous  root.  See  {Water  hemlock}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muskrat  \Musk"rat`\,  n. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  North  American  aquatic  fur-bearing  rodent 
  ({Fiber  zibethicus}).  It  resembles  a  rat  in  color  and 
  having  a  long  scaly  tail,  but  the  tail  is  compressed,  the 
  bind  feet  are  webbed,  and  the  ears  are  concealed  in  the 
  fur.  It  has  scent  glands  which  secrete  a  substance  having 
  a  strong  odor  of  musk.  Called  also  {musquash},  {musk 
  beaver},  and  {ondatra}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  musquash 
  n  :  beaver-like  aquatic  rodent  of  North  America  with  dark  glossy 
  brown  fur  [syn:  {muskrat},  {Ondatra  zibethica}] 




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