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musk-rat
ˈmusk-rat 1. a. A large acquatic rodent, Fiber zibethicus, common throughout N. America, so called from its musky smell. Also called musquash and ondatra.1620 Observ. Silkwormes D 2 b, Muske Rats skins, two shillings a dozen: the cods of them will serue for good perfumes. 1714 Lawson Hist. Carolina ...
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musk-rat
musk-rat(also musquash), n large rat-like water animal of N America, valuable for its fur 麝鼠(产於北美, 毛皮珍贵).
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Sansi people
For instance, Sansi men were described as having a dark complexion, foxy expressions, and a distinctive smell of musk-rat and rancid grease due to their
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mushrat
ˈmushrat = musk-rat 1, 2. N. Amer.1890 Dialect Notes I. 74 Mushrat, the muskrat or musquash. 1901 R. Connor Man from Glengarry 19 The Glengarry men..despised the Murphy gang as sawlogmen; ‘log-rollers’ or ‘mushrats’ they called them. 1939 W. Faulkner Wild Palms 218 If I took aboard every floating sa...
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Waitoreke
named Seymour, of Otaki, stated that he had repeatedly seen an animal in the Middle Island, near Dusky Bay, on the south-west coast, which he called a musk-rat
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musquash
musquash/ˈmʌskwɔʃ; `mʌskwɑʃ/ n[U, C](a) = musk-rat (musk).(b) fur of the musk-rat 麝鼠毛皮 [attrib 作定语]a musquash coat 麝鼠皮大衣.
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musquash
musquash (ˈmʌskwɒʃ) Forms: α. 7–8 mussascus; β. 7 muskewashe, muskquash, muske quashe, musquashes, musk-quass, musquass, musquosh, 8 musk squash, 9 muskwash, 7– musquash. [a. Abnaki muskwessu (Rasler Abnaki Dict. 1691) or the equivalent in other Algonkin dialects; the form mussascus prob. belongs to...
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Muscovy
Muscovy (ˈmʌskəvɪ) Also 6 Muskovie, 7 muskevia, Muscovia. [a. F. Muscovie, earlier Moscovie, ad. mod.L. Moscovia, f. Russian Moskova Moscow.] The name of the principality of Moscow, applied by extension to Russia generally. I. 1. Used attrib. or quasi-adj. in the name of things belonging to, orginat...
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musky
▪ I. ˈmusky, n.1 A playful shortening of musk-rat (sense 1).1884 Chamb. Jrnl. 1 Nov. 704/1, I saw the dead musky being carried off.▪ II. musky, n.2 (ˈmʌskɪ) Also muskie. Short for muskallonge (see maskinonge).1894 Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 453/1 We were then all ready for old musky to begin his real fight...
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ondatra
‖ ondatra (ɒnˈdætrə) [Native Canadian name: so in F. (Buffon). Adopted as a generic name in H. F. Link Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte (1795) I. ii. 52.] The North American musk-rat, Ondatra zibethicus; = musk-rat 1.1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. 454 The Ondatra is a native of Canada. Ibid. (1776) I...
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slatish
slatish, a. (ˈsleɪtɪʃ) [f. slate n.1 + -ish.] Somewhat resembling the colour of slate.1860 Wraxall Life in Sea i. 11 The colour of the back is slatish grey with white spots. 1884 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 703/2 The musk-rat is..of a slatish-blue colour. 1887 Clark Russell Frozen Pirate I. ix. 134 The cl...
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musk
▪ I. musk, n. (mʌsk) Forms: 4–7 muske, 6 moske, 7 musch(e, mosk, (musque), 7–8 mosch, 5– musk. Also 4 in Latin forms musco (abl.), muscum (acc.). [a. F. musc (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) = Pr. musc, Sp., It. musco (also muschio), ad. late L. muscus (4–5th c.), med.L. mos(c)hus, late Gr. µόσκος, µόσχος (...
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desman
‖ desman Zool. (ˈdɛsmən) [In Fr. and Ger. desman, from Sw. desman-råtta musk-rat, f. desman (Da. desmer, Icel. des-) musk.] An aquatic insectivorous mammal, of the genus Myogale, nearly allied to the shrew-mouse, but larger; esp. M. moschata, the musk-shrew or musk-rat, which inhabits the rivers of ...
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pilori
‖ pilori (pɪˈlɔərɪ) [Abbreviation of the specific name.] More fully pilori-rat, the Cuban hutiaconga, Capromys pilorides.1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. vi. i. 454 The Pilori is a native of the West India Islands: and has a short tail, as thick at one end as the other. 1836 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) X...
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water-rat
ˈwater-rat [Cf. G. wasserratte, -ratz(e, MDu. waterrot (mod.Du. -rat), LG. waterrötte.] 1. An aquatic rodent of the family Muridæ; in British use, the water-vole, Arvicola amphibius, inhabiting the banks of rivers. In the U.S. applied to the musk-rat, and in Australia to the genus Hydromys.1552 Hulo...
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