Meanings
musquash1
plural musquashes · alternative obsolete muscascus · alternative obsolete mussascus
- archaicThe muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.First known use 17th c.
[…] 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: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 25Synonyms: squash
Musquash2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus.
More synonyms by meaning
nounbeaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
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Origin
musquash · noun
- Abenakimoskwas
- Englishmusquash
From Abenaki moskwas (or its Massachusett equivalent). Compare musquaw.
More words from Abenaki
Full word history & related roots →Musquash · proper noun
Possibly derived from an Algonquian term with the meaning muskrat (“Ondatra zibethicus”). See musquash.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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musquash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musquash
“musquash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musquash. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musquash,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musquash.
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