Meanings
plural sewellels
- A beaver-like rodent found on the west coast of North America (Aplodontia rufa).
Synonyms: boomer, chehalis, mountain beaver, mountain rat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA beaver-like rodent found on the west coast of North America (Aplodontia rufa).
More synonyms by meaning
nounbulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Chinooksewellel
- Englishsewellel
From a misunderstanding by Lewis and Clark of Chinook sewellel, shewellel, which actually denotes a robe made from pelt of this rodent rather than the rodent itself.
More words from Chinook
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish bæveregern
- bæveregernbeaver-like rodent
Finnish murrikka, vuorimajava
- murrikkabeaver-like rodent
- vuorimajavabeaver-like rodent
German Stummelschwanzhörnchen
- Stummelschwanzhörnchenbeaver-like rodent
Italian castoro di montagna
- castoro di montagnabeaver-like rodent
Cite this entry
sewellel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewellel
“sewellel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewellel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sewellel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewellel.
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