mountain beaver

mountain beaver

n. A stout burrowing rodent (Aplodontia rufa) of the Pacific coast of North America, having small eyes and ears and feeding on vegetation such as ferns and tree seedlings. Also called sewellel.

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mountain beaver - bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodentAplodontia rufa, sewellelgnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawingAplodontia, genus Aplodontia - type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers