musquash

English

Etymology

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

Noun

musquash (plural musquashes)

The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. [from 17th c.]
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
  Thirdly, Muſquaſhes, which be much like a Beaver for ſhape, but nothing neare ſo bigge […].

Synonyms

squash (obsolete, rare)

Translations

Ondatra zibethicus — see muskrat

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