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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Muskrat}.
{Musquash root} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
maculata}), having a poisonous root. See {Water hemlock}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
({Fiber zibethicus}). It resembles a rat in color and
having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the
bind 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}, and {ondatra}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
musquash
n : beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
brown fur [syn: {muskrat}, {Ondatra zibethica}]
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