Sewellel
/səˈwɛləl/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A beaver-like rodent found on the west coast of North America (Aplodontia rufa).
- 2 bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent wordnet
Etymology
From a misunderstanding by Lewis and Clark of Chinook sewellel, shewellel, which actually denotes a robe made from pelt of this rodent rather than the rodent itself.