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noun
A beaver-like rodent found on the west coast of North America (Aplodontia rufa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: boomer, chehalis, mountain beaver, mountain rat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rodent, gnawer
History
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.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
