Definition: musquash

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

musquash
     n : beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
         brown fur [syn: muskrat, Ondatra zibethica]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   See Muskrat.

   Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta
      maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
      (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and
      having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the
      bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the
      fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having
      a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk
      beaver, and ondatra.