† mussascusn.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Algonquian.

Etymology: Apparently < a dialect of Virginia Algonquian: compare musquash n. and Osasquus (a1612 in W. Strachey Dict. Indian Lang.).

Obsolete. rare.

= musquash n. 1.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat)

water rat1481

rat1584

mussascus1612

muskrat1615

musquash1616

squash1678

Muscovy rat1693

musk beaver1771

Ondatra1774

rat-tailed shrew1827

mushrat1842

beaver-rat1884

musky1884

1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 14 Mussascus, is a beast of the forme and nature of our water Rats.

1773 Hist. Brit. Dominions N. Amer. vii. iii. 135 The mussascus, a sort of water rat, that smells like musk.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	mussascus
释义	† mussascusn. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Algonquian. Etymology: Apparently < a dialect of Virginia Algonquian: compare musquash n. and Osasquus (a1612 in W. Strachey Dict. Indian Lang.). Obsolete. rare. = musquash n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) water rat1481 rat1584 mussascus1612 muskrat1615 musquash1616 squash1678 Muscovy rat1693 musk beaver1771 Ondatra1774 rat-tailed shrew1827 mushrat1842 beaver-rat1884 musky1884 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 14 Mussascus, is a beast of the forme and nature of our water Rats. 1773 Hist. Brit. Dominions N. Amer. vii. iii. 135 The mussascus, a sort of water rat, that smells like musk. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1612
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