Musquash

//ˈmʌs.kɒʃ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.

    "[…] Muſquaſhes, vvhich be much like a Beaver for ſhape, but nothing neare ſo bigge; the male hath tvvo ſtones vvhich ſmell as ſvveete as Muske, […]"

  2. 2
    beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A civil parish of Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.

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"[…] Muſquaſhes, vvhich be much like a Beaver for ſhape, but nothing neare ſo bigge; the male hath tvvo ſtones vvhich ſmell as ſvveete as Muske, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Possibly derived from an Algonquian term with the meaning muskrat (“Ondatra zibethicus”). See musquash.

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