HyperDic: mountain_beaver

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain beaver:
NOUNanimalmountain beaver, sewellel, Aplodontia rufabulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America
English > mountain beaver: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent.
Synonymssewellel, Aplodontia rufa
Member ofAplodontia, genus Aplodontiatype genus of the Aplodontiidae
Broaderrodent, gnawerrelatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Spanishsewellel
CatalanAplodontia rufa, sewellel

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