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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a family of beavers.
Quotations
1770
I had the satisfaction of finding a large new beaverhouse, which appeared to be inhabited by a numerous crew.
1792
Crew of Beavers. The two old beavers, and all their young ones which have not yet begun to breed, if there are more breeding pairs than one in the same house, it is said, to be inhabited by a double or treble crew.