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musquaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
musquaw
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The American black bear.

Etymology

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.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

musquaws (plural)

Questions

What does musquaw mean?
The American black bear.
Where does musquaw come from?
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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