amik

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an aquatic rodent Castor canadensis, of North America, formerly of first importance in the fur trade and long used as an emblem of Canada.

See: beaver(def. 1)

Quotations

1964

Shorty began to work his way back along the float of his plane, which was called a Beaver, after our animal friend, Amik.