musquash

American  

[muhs-kwosh] / ˈmʌs kwɒʃ /

noun

1. Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.

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musquash British  

/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of musquash

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)

Example Sentences

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musquash

In Great Britain a musquash pelt is worth only about a shilling.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian

But the old musquash avoided the path, as if he had suffered in such places before.

From A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories by Long, William J. (William Joseph)

Take, for instance, the water rat, musquash, or the more generally used name of musk rat.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

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.

From A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories by Long, William J. (William Joseph)