musquash

[ muhs-kwosh ]

/ ˈmʌs kwɒʃ /

noun

Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.

Origin of musquash

1770–80, Americanism; < 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)

Words nearby musquash

muslin delaine, muslin kail, musm, musnud, muso, musquash, musquash root, muss, mussaka, mussel, mussel crab

Example sentences from the Web for musquash

From a hundred to a hundred and fifty thousand musquash skins was the usual returns from the post a few years ago.

Canadian Wilds |Martin Hunter
There was a short struggle under water and then a few bubbles floated to the surface and the musquash had been done for.

Shaggycoat |Clarence Hawkes
The boys made sure of this, not fancying the idea of having to depend upon the musquash alone.

With Trapper Jim in the North Woods |Lawrence J. Leslie
He seemed suddenly to have quite forsaken humanity, and gone over to the musquash side.

The Maine Woods |Henry David Thoreau

Jack, who had lived for years on the banks of the Wildcat, could swim and dive like a musquash.

The Hoosier School-boy |Edward Eggleston

British Dictionary definitions for musquash

musquash

/ (ˈmʌskwɒʃ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for musquash

C17: from Algonquian: compare Natick musquash, Abnaki muskwessu

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