musquash

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

musquash (plural musquashes)

1. 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