'Musquash' definitions:
Definition of 'musquash'
(from WordNet)
noun
Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica]
Definition of 'Musquash'
From: GCIDE
- Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.) See Muskrat. [1913 Webster]
- Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta maculata}), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'musquash'
From: GCIDE
- Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
- 1. (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind 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, ondatra, and sometimes water rat. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Zool.) The musk shrew. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The desman. [1913 Webster]