musquash

[muhs-kwosh]

noun

1. Chiefly British.,  the fur of the muskrat.

musquash

/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ /

noun

1. another name for muskrat , used esp to refer to its fur

Word History and Origins

Origin of musquash¹

1770–80, < Massachusett cognate of Western Abenaki mòskwas (perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *mo·ŝk- bobbing above the surface of the water + *-exkwe· head + derivational elements, i.e., the one whose head bobs above the water)

Word History and Origins

Origin of musquash¹

C17: from Algonquian: compare Natick musquash, Abnaki muskwessu

Example Sentences

Equally curious with these are his descriptions of the “beasts living in the water,” as the otter, musquash, &c., and of “the birds and fowls, both of land and water.”

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I remember especially one big musquash that I was going to shoot near one of my traps, when I stopped short at noticing some queer thing about him.

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"While we were facing starvation, why stewed musquash sounded right good to us; but with a whole carcass of venison on our hands it's plain muskrat again; and there you are, Lil Artha."

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The Russian musquash is very small, 7 � 4 in., and is limited in numbers compared to the brown.

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The only reassuring note in the "musquash talk" to-day is sounded when the subject of candles is reached.

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