[ noun ] beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur <noun.animal>
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}.
Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent ({Ondatra zibethica} formerly {Fiber zibethicus}). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind 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}, {ondatra}, and sometimes {water rat}. [1913 Webster +PJC]