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muskwessu
Abenaki · pre-1600s
"the aquatic rodent"
the native name for the aquatic rodent, later reshaped by folk association with "musk" and "rat"
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Stage 2 of 2
muskrat
English · 1600s
"a large aquatic rodent"
adopted and reshaped by English colonists in New England
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