musquaw

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The American black bear.

词形变化

musquaws plural

词源

From a Native American (probably Algonquian) word. Perhaps from Abenaki moskwas (“muskrat, musquash”). The use of a Native American word for one animal to designate a different animal was not uncommon; compare woodchuck (“groundhog”), from an Algonquian word for the fisher marten.
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