sewellel

se·wel·lel

S0298750 (sə-wĕl′əl)n. See mountain beaver.

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[Chinook šwalál, robe of sewellel skins.]

sewellel

(sɪˈwɛləl) n (Animals) the mountain beaver. See beaver¹³[C19: probably from Chinook]

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sewellel - bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodentAplodontia rufa, mountain beavergnawer, 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