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muscascus

muscascus is the obsolete form of musquash.

Meaning of musquash

Noun

musquash (plural musquashes)

  1. (archaic) The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.
    • […] Muſquaſhes, vvhich be much like a Beaver for ſhape, but nothing neare ſo bigge; the male hath tvvo ſtones vvhich ſmell as ſvveete as Muske, […]1634, William Wood, “Beasts Living in the Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    squash

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Questions about muscascus

What is muscascus the obsolete form of?
Muscascus is the obsolete form of musquash.

Words near muscascus in the dictionary

  1. muscarinergic
  2. muscarines
  3. muscarinic
  4. muscarinics
  5. muscarinism
  6. muscascus
  7. muscat
  8. Muscatatuck
  9. muscatel
  10. muscatels
  11. Muscati

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