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musk beaver
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an aquatic rodent, Ondatra zibethica, common to many parts of North America and widely trapped for its valuable fur.
See: muskrat(def. 1)
Quotations
1772
Musk-Beaver . . . Musquash . . . frequents the plains, builds a house like the beaver, brings forth from 5 to 7 young at a time, and fees on poplars, willows, and grass.
1795
Though I have before said, that the Musk beaver generally build their houses on the ice, it is not always the case.